Jason Citron CEO, Discord has tweeted that his instant messaging app had decided to stop its integration into the ecosystem.

We appreciate all your feedback. This internal idea is not currently being developed. At the moment, we are focusing our efforts on protecting users against spamming and other forms of fraud. Web3 offers many benefits, but there are still many problems that we must address at this scale. We will be adding more soon.

— Jason Citron (@jasoncitron) November 11, 2021

Citron said that they do not plan on adding such an option and instead are focused on protecting customers from spam and fraud.

This week, he sparked the interest of crypto enthusiasts by sharing a screen of a feature that allows users to connect with MetaMask or WalletConnect.

The prospect was welcomed by Ethereum supporters, but gamer chat user were quick and vocal in their disappointment. Many critics criticized the company for adopting technology that poses security risks and could be dangerous for the environment. Others pointed out that NFT creators have a reputation for plundering art.

When unhappy customers started to post tweets in which they threatened to end their Nitro subscriptions, the situation got worse.

Can’t wait! I want to share with my friends the discord conspiracy to encourage pyramid schemes at great cost to our environment and convince them to cancel Nitro subscriptions in favor of competing platforms. Thank you for the alert!

— Anathaeum, Pronouns Ponzi Scheme (@anathaeum) November 8, 2021

To avoid revenue drops, Discord had to remove the Ethereum functionality. However, Citron’s tweet has not ruled out the possibility of adopting crypto in the future.

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