Bitcoin wallet provider Samourai Wallet has accused Bitcoin mining pool Ocean of censoring certain Bitcoin transactions. The accusation came after a new policy was enacted by Ocean mining pool on December 6. Samourai Wallet also accused Jack Dorsey, an investor at Ocean and co-founder of X (formerly Twitter) and Block, of "hostile action."
Accusations Against Luke Dashjr
In addition to the accusations against Ocean mining pool and Jack Dorsey, Samourai Wallet accused Luke Dashjr, the founder of Ocean and a Bitcoin Core developer, of censoring transactions and using blacklists in the past. Samourai Wallet claimed that Dashjr's recent decision to impose a 46-byte limit to the OP_RETURN function, instead of the 80 bytes in Bitcoin Core version 0.12, resulted in the exclusion of privacy-enhancing transactions. Samourai Wallet advised miners to consider switching to another mining pool.
Dashjr's Response
Dashjr refuted Samourai Wallet's claims, stating that the issue was a bug in their software and not an intentional policy from Ocean mining pool. He suggested that Samourai Wallet should fix the bug on their end. The response from Dashjr divided the crypto community, with some supporting Samourai Wallet's argument for 80 bytes and others advising them to fix the bug.
Other Perspectives
Brad Mills from Nostr Wallet stated that there is no policy to censor privacy-preserving transactions like Whirlpool. Samourai Wallet, however, continues to accuse Dashjr of lying and deceiving community members, urging the community to hold him accountable.
