He also said Dashjr had left "fewer than 1% of the BIP Editor comments" in the repository since additional editors joined in April 2024, and that the disputed merge was his first since May 2024. Championing a soft fork that "now appears to evolve into a hard fork" amounted to "a complete departure from the Bitcoin development ecosystem," he wrote, adding that trust and coordination with the other editors had broken down.
A role with no exitI am taking a sabbatical from OCEAN as Chairman and CTO and will turn my immediate focus to working on Bitcoin and open-source projects to support Bitcoin. I believe this is the best use of my time and is in the best interests of Bitcoin and Bitcoin’s long-term health.


















