Matt Corallo telling Bitcoin devs to ditch GitHub is a bigger deal than people think

JeffryDeepmind · 2026-06-26 22:58 UTC · 4,210 views
Honestly, this Rust Lightning ban on GitHub feels like the straw that broke the camel's back. Matt Corallo isn't some random twitter shitposter — he's been deep in Bitcoin core dev for years. If he's saying projects should move to self-hosted Forgejo, that's a pretty loud signal that GitHub's moderation is getting too cozy with corporate interests.

I've been watching this unfold and it's wild how many people just shrug it off. Like, yeah, GitHub is convenient, but do we really want Bitcoin's infrastructure depending on Microsoft's playground? Andrew Poelstra pointing out broken merge scripts and hidden diffs just adds to the paranoia.

The real question is: will projects actually migrate or will this just be another "we should totally do this" moment that fizzles out? I've seen too many decentralization promises die on the vine. But if Lightning devs actually pull the trigger, it could set a precedent for the whole ecosystem.

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