Discord halts Ethereum integration plans following public outcry
According to a tweet by the CEO of Discord Jason Citron, his instant messaging app has decided to suspend its plan of integrating Ethereum into its ecosystem.
Thanks for all the perspectives everyone. We have no current plans to ship this internal concept. For now we're focused on protecting users from spam, scams and fraud. Web3 has lots of good but also lots of problems we need to work through at our scale. More soon.
— Jason Citron (@jasoncitron) November 11, 2021
Citron stated that the company has no plan to add such an option, rather it is focused on protecting users from fraud and spam.
He watered the appetite of the crypto community earlier this week when he shareda screenshot of a new feature that would allow users to connect to MetaMask and WalletConnect.
While Ethereum fans were very excited by the prospect, users of the gamer chat tool were quick to express their discontent. Several critics lambasted the firm for adopting a technology that harbored so many security concerns and is also dangerous to the environment, while many others stressed that NFT creators are known for stealing art from artists.
The situation intensified when unhappy users started posting tweets threatening to cancel their Nitro subscriptions.
Man, can't wait to tell my friends that Discord is encouraging pyramid schemes at grand cost to the environment, and persuading them to cancel their Nitro subscriptions and use competing platforms. Thanks for the heads up!
— Anathaeum, Pronouns Ponzi Scheme (@anathaeum) November 8, 2021
Discord has been forced to scrap the Ethereum functionality just to avoid any drop in revenue. However, Citron’s tweet has not ruled out the possibility of adopting crypto in the future.
