On Saturday, August 4, the resource was launched btcinformation.org, which is positioned as a" community-supported " fork of the famous site Bitcoin.org
According to one of the developers of Open Dome under the nickname NTV, "continuing the theme of decentralization, the official website of bitcoin does not."
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The author of various documentation and one of the early supporters of bitcoin David Harding, who also made his "small contribution" to the work on the new site, notes that btcinformation.org there is no any advertising and third-party trackers.
The creators of those time say that despite the fact that Bitcoin.org still a great resource, recent events are damaging its neutrality and there is a high risk that its owners and administrators may use the resource for other purposes.
Furthermore, it is stated in the blog btcinformation.org over the past few years, the owners and administrators Bitcoin.org had taken unilateral actions that went against the desires of the community, and without his consent. These actions also forced a number of people to leave the project, who contributed to its development on a permanent basis.
As and Bitcoin.org. the new resource is fully open source, and those who want to read it or contribute can do it on the project page on GitHub.
The comments on Reddit indicate that the site is currently registered in the name of bitcoin developer Andy Chow, which he himself confirmed. From the above quote from the Slack channel, Andy Chow plans to transfer the domain to group management. The same applies to the repository on GitHub, which is also registered in the name of Chow.
Among the main differences btcinformation.org from Bitcoin.org the following is listed:
- Several changes in the design of the site.
- Removed "Events" page, which is on Bitcoin.org it was often filled with events that are not related to bitcoin.
- Removed the subsection dedicated to Bitcoin Core. It is noted that Bitcoin Core is a project independent of Both Bitcoin.org and from btcinformation.org
- Temporarily removed translations, but they will be returned in the future.
- Less JavaScript and cookies, also removed the Google Analytics tracker. It is noted that in itself this information is useful, but not for btcinformation.org, which does not plan to sell advertising.
- The "Donations" section has been removed-at the moment the resource team is working on a more improved and distributed model of receiving donations.
Earlier, CEO of Black stream Adambek criticized the passion of the co-founder Bitcoin.org Cobra last year's fork of Bitcoin Cash, said that bitcoin.org is "community property". At the same time, Beck offered to transfer control over the domain to the administrator of Theymos, who is trusted by Cobra and other bitcoin supporters. Furthermore, Bitcoin Core was removed reference to Bitcoin.org.
In response, Cobra accused the head of Block stream of trying to influence the change of leadership Bitcoin.org in order to get more control over the policy of the site.