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r/bitcoin was taken over by Blockstream corporation and it's heavily moderated.

Open discussion of Bitcoin is at r/btc. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/9lfjrb/frequently_aske...

"Heavily moderated" does it a huge disservice. The narrative is controlled, with any dissenting opinions removed and accounts banned. The sub is completely censored, see for example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/83vgdm/a_collection_of...

https://medium.com/@johnblocke/a-brief-and-incomplete-histor...

https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/05/01/the-cryptocurrency-sub...

https://www.reddit.com/r/noncensored_bitcoin/comments/7414nf...

That, of course, has nothing to do with Blockstream.

Except that all Blockstream projects are not only allowed, but promoted on r/bitcoin. If the subs own rules were followed they should be banned.

For example how Liquid, a centralized sidechain that goes against the idea of cryptocurrencies, is promoted as a "solution" to many of Bitcoins problems. But any critique of it is banned.

It's obvious that the mods are somehow associated with Blockstream. Only a Blockstream employee such as yourself would disagree.

This is an outright lie.

In fact, r/btc is controlled by for-profit entity (bitcoin,com which has little to nothing to do with Bitcoin the project) and has advertisements blasted all over the subreddit page.

It is the furthest thing from a lie and can be verified by anyone who wants to try posting to both subreddits. Anyone can also go to a site that shows deleted comments and see the discussions that get deleted on /r/bitcoin.

The point is no one even remotely involved with Blockstream is in a moderator position in r/bitcoin.

This is in contrast to r/btc, which is absolutely indisputably run by Bitcoin,com (the business) employees.

That's an obvious lie, people payed by blockstream directly or indirectly have been in control of the sub for years, deleting any thread or comment that contradicts the narrative they want to push.

The difference between my claims and yours is I challenge readers to validate the claims themselves instead of taking my word for it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21614951

This is a well worn topic and I think you know that. Surely you realize that anyone can google bockstream takeover on reddit, but are counting on people not doing research.

https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/7eszwk/links_related_t...

https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/bjysut/ueragmus_works_...

https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/7h0isc/the_story_how_h...

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