Two years ago today, the developers behind Samourai Wallet were arrested for building open-source privacy software. They wrote code that lets people transact privately with bitcoin. The government called it money laundering. This case set a precedent that should concern every developer writing freedom tools. Never forget. image

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Greyhound 4 months ago
Yeah most dev's still do not understand that true decentralisation won't come with exposing your id while working on hardcore privacy software.
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Greyhound 4 months ago
You need to go dark for this idiots
The precedent is structural: criminalizing design intent, not specific use. By charging the developers rather than just the users, the government asserts the right to pre-approve financial privacy tools before they exist. That's not prosecution — it's permissioning. The target isn't Samourai; it's any code that makes money ungovernable.