OKCoin delists two Bitcoin forks over ‘malicious misinformation’ campaign




While the original Bitcoin rallies past a $1 trillion dollar marketcap, two forks of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency have instead lost a source of liquidity as crypto exchange OKCoin delists BSV and BCH.

In a blog post today, OKCoin CEO Hong Fang explained the decision to delist as one focused on protecting investors from a “malicious misinformation war.”

Fang noted that the exhcange regularly reviews listed assets across a variety of metrics, “including ecosystem development and ethos” as well as “ethical or reputational red flags,” and that the two forks were removed following the most recent review. Given the “unique history and context,” however, the Fang writes that the company felt compelled to explain their decision.

“When the news hit that Craig Wright — the infamous self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin and BSV supporter — was taking actions to enforce copyright claims on the Bitcoin white paper, we found ourselves facing a very uncomfortable dilemma,” the post read.

While Fang specified that the company believes “Bitcoin is an open software,” and both disagreements between individuals and hard forks are permitted in an open software context, ultimately “we are just having a hard time ignoring the malicious misinformation war waged by Craig Wright and other high-profile members of [the BCH and BSV] communities.”


Read the full article at cointelegraph.com

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