Bitcoin Magazine·3h ago·negative

Matt Corallo Urges Bitcoin Projects to Leave GitHub After Rust Lightning Ban

Longtime Bitcoin Core contributor Matt Corallo is moving the Rust Lightning dev kit off GitHub after the platform permanently banned a contributor with no explanation, sparking calls for Bitcoin projects to self-host.

GitHub permanently banned a Rust Lightning contributor with no explanation and no appeal option, according to Corallo
Senior developer Andrew Poelstra wrote a detailed critique of GitHub, citing broken merge scripts, hidden diffs, and unreliable tracking
Corallo blames the AI coding boom for GitHub's increasingly aggressive automated account bans
Roman Storm said GitHub locked his account over Tornado Cash sanctions in 2022 and still has not unlocked it
Bitcoin projects are now considering self-hosted Forgejo solutions as an alternative to Microsoft-owned GitHub

techsecurityImpact 6/10

Why our editor rated this negative

The story highlights a major centralization risk for Bitcoin's open-source infrastructure: reliance on a single corporate platform (Microsoft/GitHub) that can ban projects arbitrarily with no recourse. This is negative for the industry's operational security.

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