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On Apr. 3, Bitcoin developer Ruben Somsen highlighted on X (formerly Twitter) that Google has “permanently removed” the mailing list of Bitcoindev, the developers group, for alleged “illegal content” or “policy violations.”

Somsen wondered why Google thought of open-source development as "unwanted" as they didn’t post anything “inappropriate.” The developer wondered if they should migrate from Google again.

The post garnered a wave of support from the crypto Twitter community and didn’t escape the radar of Jack Dorsey either.

The former Twitter CEO and Block founder retweeted Somsen’s post and tagged Google CEO Sundar Pichai, questioning the search engine’s decision.

Though Google resolved Somsen’s mailing list issue within a few hours, it raises serious questions about Big Tech’s centralized approach towards decentralized technologies such as cryptocurrency.

Dorsey, most well known for founding Twitter, is also a vocal proponent of Bitcoin. In fact, he once remarked back in 2021 that if he weren't working at Twitter and Square, he would be working on Bitcoin. Block, the payments company he founded in 2009, is deeply involved in Bitcoin development.

Dorsey predicted back in May 2024, that Bitcoin’s price will hit $1 million and its market value will exceed $20 trillion by 2030. However, he recently warned that if Bitcoin doesn’t offer a real use case beyond being just a store of value, it could become irrelevant and fail.