275 sats \ 8 replies \ @KyleOfTheCorn 22 Sep 2022 \ on: GitHub unbanned Tornado Cash bitcoin
Yet the damage is already done, as they've shown their hand. I hope all Bitcoin projects that enable users to take self custody have taken note, if they are currently using Github, that they can be shut down/out at any time.
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192 sats \ 1 reply \ @cameri 22 Sep 2022
I'm mirroring my projects on sr.ht after this happened. Perhaps Github should be the mirror
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366 sats \ 0 replies \ @TonyGiorgio 23 Sep 2022
The founder of source hut is aggressively against bitcoin (and crypto) projects. I feel less comfortable having my projects on there than on github based on my interactions with the founder.
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192 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 22 Sep 2022
I am wondering how the Bitcoin Core developers reacted to this. Do they have fallbacks?
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22 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b OP 22 Sep 2022
There was some discussion about this during Austin Bit Devs last month. I think there are several mirrors. A lot of the context is indeed on GitHub though.
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218 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 22 Sep 2022
Yeah, issues and comments (which can be quite important for a repository imo) are unfortunately not included in a git repository so migration of these is not trivial.
I will have to look this up. Thanks for your response!
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208 sats \ 1 reply \ @DeezSats 22 Sep 2022
Yeah they need to get backed up somehow. GitHub probably doesnt offer an API for that
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DeezSats 25 Sep 2022
Actually, it looks like they do have an API for that https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/rest-api-description/main/descriptions-next/ghes-3.6/ghes-3.6.yaml
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @1sats 24 Sep 2022
The repo owner shall file GDPR date export request to backup the issues once a month.
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