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 Well if it was using multiple criteria to isolate and remove all coinjoins of any kind, then it would be censoring coinjoins/privacy use. But if it is simply setting a different limit to one particular transaction characteristic which just happens to catch some coinjoins and not others, then clearly it isn’t censoring anything, or singling out a TX type, or specifically refusing certain addresses because they are deemed “bad.”

Imagine it like this: you setup an email filter to send all emails with the word “unsubscribe” (since it’s always at the bottoms of newsletters & ads) to the spam folder. But it accidentally catches a couple of emails from your friend where they mentioned unsubscribing from Disney+ because Ashoka sucks. Did you censor your friend? Would it seem disproportionate if he got angry and demanded an explanation, and accused you of censoring him and not being open with your email filters? 

This whole thing seems to have been a big stink over nothing. Doesn’t seem like anyone was acting in bad faith to me. 🤷🏻‍♂️