Open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw, which surpassed 200,000 GitHub stars within weeks of its January 2026 launch, has imposed a blanket ban on any mention of cryptocurrency in its Discord server. The rule applies to all references, including technical ones, with removal from the server as the consequence for violations.

The policy came to public attention after a developer was blocked from the OpenClaw Discord for referencing Bitcoin block height as a timing mechanism in a multi-agent benchmark, not for promoting a token or project. The developer shared the experience in an X post, prompting…