Twitter CEO Shares Screenshot of New Feature, "Ethereum is a scam" Appears, Jack Says: "This is not a coincidence"

Twitter CEO, after changing the "#ETH" emoji to the Ethiopian flag in a previous incident, "accidentally" included a tweet calling Ethereum a scam in a screenshot during a demo of new features today. However, he quickly clarified: "This is not a coincidence."

What does the Twitter homepage of a big shot look like?

Twitter's built-in lists allow users to categorize the accounts they follow, while the external app Vicariously extends and enhances this functionality by displaying the tweets of the followers of a specified account on a mobile device.

For instance, if Jack Dorsey follows thousands of Twitter accounts, Vicariously can list the tweets of these thousands of Twitter accounts for the user, allowing them to understand what Jack Dorsey is interested in on Twitter without having to follow thousands of people separately, much like logging into Jack Dorsey's Twitter account and viewing their homepage.

Did Jack Dorsey explicitly call Ethereum a scam?

Jack Dorsey shared a screenshot on Twitter to showcase this feature, indicating that he is also a user. Ironically, the first tweet on his feed happened to be from Bitcoin developer grublés. In the tweet, grublés points out:

The Ethereum Foundation pre-mined before issuance, provided funds to pay researchers to promote Ethereum as a replacement for Bitcoin on podcasts, which is why we think it's a scam.

The Ethereum community has been gaining momentum recently with the official launch of EIP-1559, which was promptly screenshot and shared by the Bitcoin community to diminish the Ethereum community's momentum, marking another great victory for the Bitcoin community.

Some users asked Jack Dorsey if this was an accidental move. However, Jack clearly stated that it was not a coincidence.

There are no coincidences

— jack (@jack) August 12, 2021

Previously reported, unlike typing #Bitcoin which generates a Bitcoin-specific emoji hashtag, after the start of the Tokyo Olympics, typing "#ETH" will display the flag of Ethiopia emoji.

At the time, this move had already sparked some comments on social media freedom, with the founder of Aave stating that this was Twitter's "censorship algorithm," preventing him from choosing the hashtag he wanted to express.

Former ShapeShift founder had harshly criticized the extreme Bitcoin maximalists, noting that the concept of "Toxic Maxis" was gradually fermenting in the Ethereum community.

In the Bitcoin and Ethereum communities, there are often some who believe that the world does not need other currencies, and the war between the two factions seems far from over.