Onchain investigator ZachXBT publicly corrected the official Ethereum X account on July 4, pointing out that privacy company Proton accepts only bitcoin, not ether, as a cryptocurrency payment option for its subscriptions.
Key Takeaways:
ZachXBT told Ethereum’s X account that Proton takes only BTC for subscription payments.Proton’s docs reject Lightning and ERC-20 payments and require BTC at least 24 hours before bills are due.Proton launched a bitcoin-only self-custodial wallet in 2024, deepening its alignment with Bitcoin.The pseudonymous investigator, known for tracing stolen funds and exposing fraud across the industry, attached a screenshot and left the correction at that, a characteristically blunt fact-check delivered to an account with millions of followers.
