Luke Dashjr exits mining pool Ocean after split over Bitcoin mining's future

Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has left Ocean, the mining pool he co-founded, after a mutual split over the future of Bitcoin mining and recent protocol developments. Both parties said the separation was amicable but stemmed from differing views on the direction of the network's mining ecosystem.

• Dashjr was a founding figure of Ocean, launched as a pool opposed to certain mining practices.
• The exit follows disagreements over protocol direction rather than a single incident.