A recent analysis by 0xB10C, a developer and onchain analyst, has uncovered intriguing findings in the Bitcoin network. The study, which focuses on the mining pools’ transaction selection processes, revealed that certain transactions from U.S. Treasury-sanctioned addresses were missing from blocks. This insight raises questions about the practices of mining pools and their influence on the network’s censorship-resistant qualities. Study Highlights Potential Censorship in Bitcoin Network The investigation by 0xB10C , detailed in a comprehensive report , scrutinized the activity of today’s most prominent bitcoin mining pools. It focused on six specific transactions linked to addresses sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This analysis is part of a broader project, the developer’s miningpool-observer , aimed at detecting instances where bitcoin mining pools may not include transactions that they could be mining. The findings sugg
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