Billy Markus Blocked Fellow Dogecoin Co-Creator Jackson Palmer On X.com — Now He Says He Needs An 'Unblock Button'

Billy Markus, the co-creator of Dogecoin DOGE/USD, has reportedly blocked more than 210,000 accounts on X (formerly Twitter) over the years.

What Happened: The conversation began when DogeDesigner on Sunday said that Markus had blocked more accounts on Meta than the total number of active accounts on the platform itself. Responding to this observation, Markus said, “need unblock all button”

need unblock all button

manually doing that would suuuucckkkk

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) August 20, 2023

However, if such a feature were to be implemented, it would lead to Jackson Palmer, another DOGE co-creator, finally being unblocked by Markus.

This comes after Palmer had previously publicly stated that Markus had blocked him on Twitter in August 2022. 

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Why It Matters: “In a September 2022 interview with Business Insider, Palmer explained, “There were a couple of things that he and I disagreed with, or I disagreed with him on Twitter, and I don’t know exactly why he blocked me on Twitter.” Palmer further elaborated, “He also runs a bunch of these auto-blocking scripts, where he’s blocked like over 100,000 people because he’ll click a thing that’s like ‘block everybody that’s liked this post.'”

According to Palmer, the act of liking a particular tweet might have triggered Markus’ auto-blocking script, classifying him as someone to be blocked.

Elon Musk on Friday revealed his intention to eliminate a significant safety feature on the platform.

According to Musk, users of X will soon lose the ability to block unwanted comments from their followers, with the exception of direct messages. Musk asserted that the block function “makes no sense” anymore, considering the continued availability of the mute feature.

Historically, the block function served as a virtual stop sign, allowing users to shield themselves from undesirable content and curb instances of harassment. It also provided a means to curate their feeds according to their preferences.

Markus and Palmer, both software engineers, joined forces to create Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that was launched in 2013. At the time, Markus was employed by IBM in Portland, Oregon, while Palmer worked in the Marketing Department of Adobe Systems in Sydney. The duo initially conceived Dogecoin as a playful and lighthearted cryptocurrency, featuring the popular Shiba Inu dog as its distinctive logo.

Price Action: At the time of writing, DOGE was trading at $0.06393, down 0.38% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro.

Markus and Palmer did not respond to Benzinga’s request to comment at the time of publishing this story.

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