Foundation stands with Samourai Wallet
We've been working behind the scenes with the p2prights.org team to find ways to support their efforts and the defense fund of the @SamouraiWallet team.
That culminates today in a 50M sat (~$35k) donation and fund-raising campaign.
We've created a new promo code, FREESAMOURAI, that will automatically donate $20 of the proceeds of any Passport sale using the code to the Samourai Wallet team's defense fund via p2prights.org. In addition, for this week alone we will donate $20 of every sale regardless of promo code usage to get things rolling.
Setting a precedent
The case against the Samourai Wallet team has the possibility of setting a sweeping and powerful precedent, either for freedom tech and privacy, or one that criminalizes providing privacy tools to the world.
This has far broader reach than "just" in the Bitcoin space, and as such we hope to see many companies and projects in the space come together to support the Samourai Wallet team's defense and the broader mission of the Peer-to-peer Rights Fund as we fight for the right to build and run freedom tech across the US.
About the Peer-to-peer Rights Foundation
If you haven't heard of this new foundation yet, they're a product of the Bitcoin Policy team, headed up by @zackbshapiro and @DavidZell_. They're forming a new fund to "protect innovation, privacy, and user autonomy through strategic litigation and advocacy."
Their first major project is helping to fund the defense of the @SamouraiWallet team in the U.S. v. Rodriguez & Hill case that is ongoing. We've been thoroughly impressed in our time talking with the p2prights.org team, and were glad to have an organization we could strongly support in such a volatile time in the space.
Don't need a Passport?
Don't let that stop you! Consider helping the cause in one of these three ways:
1⃣ Re-tweet this post to raise awareness
2⃣ Donate directly on p2prights.org using fiat or Bitcoin
3⃣ Advocate for the Samourai Wallet team's freedom, including using the #FreeSamourai hashtag
For the full release notes, you can read all about this new version of Envoy on our blog:
**⏩ Replace-by-fee control**
RBF allows you to boost the fee on a transaction you’ve sent that’s stuck surfing the mempool, or even cancel an in-flight transaction and send it back to yourself. Just tap on a transaction that is unconfirmed and quickly Boost or Cancel it in Envoy.
But how do you actually use it? Simply tap “⏩ Boost” when viewing a pending transaction’s details to get your transaction back to the top of the queue.
Sent a transaction by mistake? You can also tap “❌ Cancel Transaction” and send the funds back to yourself using RBF as well.
**✍️ Custom Passport Names**
When you set a custom name for your Passport, now that name will show up automatically in the Devices tab on Envoy.
Have multiple Passports in the house? Now you can easily tell them apart in Envoy using custom names! 🫡
**🌐 Improved Tor performance**
Improved Tor performance on iOS (and some Android vendors), especially when it comes to getting fiat exchange rates. Updated Arti (the Rust-native Tor library) in our library to the latest version, v1.1.12.
Keeping privacy simple one step at a time. ✌️
🖥️ **Redesigned Address & Amount Screen**
We’ve also brought a redesign of address and amount displays to Envoy, making it easier to view amounts (in sats or BTC) and verify addresses.
A special thanks to the fantastic Bitcoin Design community for spearheading the concept here! Sexy!
Whilst these are the major highlights, there's many more bug fixes and improvements packed into this release! Dive into the complete release notes below:
