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Bitcoin wallet provider Samourai Wallet has accused the Ocean mining pool of censoring certain Bitcoin transactions. Samourai Wallet claims that Ocean is censoring Whirlpool CoinJoin transactions and BIP47 notification transactions. The accusations were made on December 7, with Samourai Wallet also accusing Jack Dorsey, co-founder of X and Block, and an investor at Ocean, of a “hostile action.”In response, Ocean’s top executive, Luke Dashjr, denied the claims and stated that the issue was a bug in Samourai Wallet’s software, not an intentional policy on Ocean’s end. Dashjr asked Samourai Wallet to fix the bug on their end. The accusations and denials have divided the crypto community, with some supporting Samourai Wallet’s claims and others advising them to fix the bug.Brad Mills from Nostr Wallet also weighed in, stating that there is no policy to censor Whirlpool or privacy-preserving transactions. He emphasized that Ocean’s block template scheme and coinbase payouts are designed to preserve privacy.Despite Dashjr’s denial, Samourai Wallet continues to accuse him of lying and deceiving community members. They urge the community not to let Ocean get away with this alleged censorship.