Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and creator of decentralized apps like BitChat and White Noise, thinks it’s a good idea to have a decentralized GitHub.
On X, a developer shared a screenshot of his suspended GitHub account. He said, “My GitHub account has been suspended.” A second developer responded saying there should be a distributed version to avoid suspensions.
Jack Dorsey responded with a “Yes.”
Yes. https://t.co/TYv9OnLhXY
— jack (@jack) October 15, 2025
Dorsey is pushing for a blockchain-based GitHub
It’s clear that Dorsey is promoting the idea of a decentralized GitHub. But will he build a new decentralized version, like he did with BitChat and White Noise?
Feedback on Jack Dorsey’s “Yes” was mixed.
Someone jokingly said, “Let’s call it BitHub,” referring to BitChat. Another user wondered: “Git on blockchain?” A third wrote: “Isn’t Git already a distributed version control system without the Hub?”
Git is a tool that allows many developers to work on the same project without needing a single computer or “hub” to control everything. That’s what a distributed version control system (DVCS) means. It already works great.
But the problem isn’t the technology itself, it’s the developers. Most developers still prefer simple, centralized platforms like GitHub or GitLab because they are simple and familiar. The infrastructure, such as the tools and systems to use Git in a fully decentralized way, already exists, but almost no one uses it.
We asked Moe Amaidi, an IT consultant, for his input on the current state of coding repositories. He told us: “I would say that Git is already a robust distributed version control system, meeting most technical needs and handling almost all codebase sizes, with Github thriving in its tooling system such as issue tracking, CI/CD and the ease of use that many teams rely on.”
He further explained: “It is actually intriguing that Jack Dorsey would push for a decentralized or distributed version of GitHub. This could mean leveling up or improving on these conveniences to gain traction, given that the amount of maintenance these systems require without a ‘hub’ in them would be quite a challenge.”
Based on recent statistics, GitHub has more than 150 million users. However, the number of Git users is not clear. Radicle, a peer-to-peer (p2p) code collaboration platform or “forge” built on Git, reported last September that it had 2,000 repositories and just over 200 nodes online every week.
Recently, GitHub suspended many accounts. A security researcher named Celeste said GitHub locked her up for no apparent reason. She does not have access to backups of her repositories.
Jack Dorsey encourages decentralization in every aspect. This year alone, he launched two decentralized messaging apps, BitChat and White Noise. He supports David Clark, the American computer scientist who has worked on the development of the Internet since the mid-1970s, and shares his belief in consensus and code.
If Dorsey builds a Git version backed by blockchain, developers would have the ability to code and collaborate without censorship.