F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun posted a message regarding "Paxos claiming nearly 20 BTC fees", stating that due to time zone differences, the claim was actually made after the original deadline. Wang Chun said: "I am very angry and regret agreeing to return those 20 BTC. Especially when I saw the claimant always saying it was EST instead of EDT/UTC time. The last time someone did this with Zcash, I banned his entire company."

Wang Chun then launched a public opinion poll to collect the community's views on this matter. As of the time of publication, among the 1,947 voters, 36.8% believed that the fees should be allocated to the miners, 27.3% believed they should be returned to Paxos, 21.3% voted to freeze this portion of BTC, and the remaining people supported the miners and Paxos splitting it evenly.