Trezor quickly backtracks on AOPP integration after backlash, promises to remove support in February 2022

Trezor¹ has backtracked² on the integration of Address Ownership Proof Protocol into their product after community backlash³ and is now promising to remove all AOPP support in February 2022⁴:

After careful consideration of recent feedback, we will be removing Address Ownership Proof Protocol (AOPP) in the next Trezor Suite update.

We underestimated how this feature would be received, and we are against the regulations that concern AOPP.

Our company operates with maximum transparency and we did not expect this feature to be controversial.

PR #4825⁵ proposes the removal of all code related to the AOPP integration:

This PR removes AOPP support from Trezor Suite completely.

Other wallets are also planning to remove AOPP: Sparrow⁶’⁷ and BlueWallet⁸.

Samourai Wallet, the only project that vehemently refused to comply and didn’t even consider integrating AOPP, has hosted a livestream⁹ dedicated to discussing the issue at length:

We hosted a live discussion with our community this morning about the AOPP and the broader implications of regulatory capture of bitcoin self custody.¹⁰