Leading mobile carrier T-Mobile has allegedly blocked the Jupiter Exchange domain from its DNS. Most users are complaining they are unable to access the exchange’s website without a VPN service.
Jupiter confirmed the situation Friday, noting that the issues affect users predominantly in the West and mostly on mobile. Users either need to use a VPN service or switch to a desktop device in order to access the exchange domain.
We’re aware of some issues affecting users, predominantly in the West and mostly on Mobile due to ISP related issues.If https://t.co/knthINxFwN is crashing for you, try:– using a desktop device– using a VPN (this would use a new ISP)We’re working on this rn!
— Jupiter 🪐 (@JupiterExchange) August 2, 2024
Jupiter, DRip Haus censored in one week
Vibhu Norby, the founder of Solana creator platform DRiP Haus posted on X that, indeed, T-Mobile “disappeared Jupiter Exchange from their DNS, just like they disappeared DRiP Haus for the last week.”
DRiP Haus faced a similar censorship last week. The platform wouldn’t load for anyone using T-Mobile or any of the carriers T-Mobile resells to. Vibhu found their website was flagged and censored by a threat feed provider that the mobile carrier uses.
“After a lot of testing this week, we were able to definitively confirm tonight that the DriP Haus domain had been marked as malicious by a service that T-Mobile uses and subsequently blocked.”
Vibhu.
Jupiter said it’s currently working to resolve the issue with the respective providers.
The interval of the incidents only raises suspicions that T-Mobile or its threat feed providers are shunning crypto-related domains. “This is crypto censorship at the most sinister root level,” Vibhu said. “This type of censorship violates net neutrality rules, hurting businesses and consumers, and must end.”
T-Mobile will soon begin mining Bitcoin
T-Mobile has not publicly confirmed that it’s cracking down or censoring crypto domains. The firm had previously demonstrated interest in crypto and plans to start mining Bitcoin soon.
Earlier in July, the parent company of T-Mobile Deutsche Telekom, disclosed they have been running a Bitcoin node and Bitcoin Lightning nodes since 2023. Dirk Röder, head of Web3 infrastructure and solutions at Deutsche Telekom’s Telekom MMS, revealed, “We will engage in ‘digital monetary photosynthesis’ soon.”
When asked for clarity on whether T-Mobile is mining Bitcoin, Röder answered, “We will.”
T-Mobile Deutsche Telekom are running Bitcoin nodes, Lightning nodes and will start mining #bitcoin WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE. pic.twitter.com/r7rihAinXt
— Daniel Sempere Pico (@BTCGandalf) June 14, 2024
T-Mobile is reportedly the third-largest mobile carrier in the United States, with over $210 billion in market cap. In addition to Bitcoin, the parent firm also runs validator nodes for Polygon, Q, Flow, Celo, Chainlink, and Ethereum.
