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).