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F2Pool to stop filtering transactions for now twitter.com/satofishi/status/1727220109780136287

3016 sats \ 16 comments \ @0xB10C 22 Nov 2023 bitcoin

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242 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zepasta 22 Nov 2023

Leave his pool asap.

67 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 22 Nov 2023 freebie

His deleted tweets are scary. This pool needs to be boycotted.

42 sats \ 6 replies \ @BitcoinHistory 22 Nov 2023

go archive links or screenshots? if not, more details?

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 22 Nov 2023

I saw them this morning but of course can't find them now. I'm sure other SNers who are on twitter can find them. In essence, though, he said that bitcoin should change at the protocol level if it doesn't want transactions censored, and he intends to censor Putin or other sanctioned addresses. I'm paraphrasing.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 22 Nov 2023

he said that bitcoin should change at the protocol level if it doesn't want transactions censored

He's not wrong. It'd be definitely better if censorship wasn't feasible. Not clear if that's technologically feasible. But there's lots of smart people in Bitcoin who might figure out a way.

and he intends to censor Putin

Putin's a genocidal scumbag so I'll give him a pass on getting emotional about it. The founder of F2Pool seems to have fled China, another awful country. He's probably got personal feelings about this stuff based on his experiences.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinHistory 22 Nov 2023

changes to the base protocol are a last resort. there are other options, like miners changing to another pool or using stratum v2

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 22 Nov 2023

It's true that he only mentioned Putin by name, but then said "and other sanctioned addresses." To keep track of every entity sanctioned by the U.S. govt. or other nations would require a full time staff, not to mention that abiding by this destroys a big reason that bitcoin exists in the first place.