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Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects
(codeberg.org)
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this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2026
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Not sure why there are so many people in this thread and on other Fediverse circles saying banning cryptocurrency-related projects is a good thing. The wording in this TOS is absolutely terrible and is vague enough that it will probably be abused. By the way, people especially in FOSS use cryptocurrency as an actual currency rather than just gambling and scamming. To all the people defending this: do you think being forced to use fiat currency, especially in opressive and increasingly oppresive governments, is a morally superior alternative to cryptocurrency? Come on guys.
"It can be used by criminals" so can darknets like Tor and I2P. So can all free and open source software. I genuinely believe that the people pushing these arguments either have no idea what cryptocurrencies are OR are completely brainwashed
People should have stopped using Codeberg simply because it's a large centralised platform, how anyone is even still moving to it is completely beyond me
Yeah but what if the kids use it?
I know! We’ll force age verification into it!
/s
My impression of the folks cheering this on are mostly opposed to crypto on environmental grounds.
Personally, I’m more just weirded out by a policy like this. Even though I’m not a crypto fan, it seems like a really unusual hill to die on for an OSS hosting app.