According to @adam3us, he heard from multiple contacts that OCEAN reached out to Bitcoin mining pools with legal theories intended to push corporate counsel toward moderating content, and he added this looks worse in the context of leaked @lukedashjr instant messages referenced by an article from @theragetech. Source: Adam Back on X (Sep 25, 2025), https://twitter.com/adam3us/status/1971330468961542213 Trading relevance: The allegation centers on potential pool-level content moderation in Bitcoin transaction selection, a governance risk that can influence policy signaling by mining pools and market sentiment around BTC’s censorship resistance; traders should monitor any public statements or policy updates from OCEAN and major pools for changes that could affect transaction selection and fee dynamics. Source: Adam Back on X (Sep 25, 2025), https://twitter.com/adam3us/status/1971330468961542213

According to BitMEX Research on X dated Sep 19, 2025, an email from OCEAN pool board member Bob Burnett from May 2025 is highlighted alleging OCEAN is actively campaigning to materially degrade the open, censorship-resistant public mempool and may seek to compete with it via a private closed system, focusing on Bitcoin network transaction flow and mempool policy (source: BitMEX Research, X, Sep 19, 2025). The post includes a screenshot and link referencing the email and does not present quantitative data or an official confirmation from OCEAN within the thread (source: BitMEX Research, X, Sep 19, 2025). The claim centers on potential replacement or competition with the public mempool by a mining pool, which directly pertains to BTC transaction propagation paths referenced in the post (source: BitMEX Research, X, Sep 19, 2025). The thread was retweeted by FarsideUK, indicating the claim has broader community visibility on the same date (source: BitMEX Research, X, Sep 19, 2025).