There are no privacy guarantees with Bitcoin, that's a problem for p2p electronic cash. Samourai Wallet's CoinJoin implementation made it possible for Bitcoin users to have similar anonymity as cash users. And for that, the devs were sentenced to 4 & 5 years in prison. Catch the full recording here: We are going for 100k signatures on the petition to #pardonsamourai Help us get there today: change.org/billandkeonne

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Viktor 3 weeks ago
this is wild, gov straight up criminalising privacy tech while calling bitcoin "freedom money" lol... signed. samourai devs just built tools, they didn't force anyone to use 'em. wanna chat more privately about this whole surveillance state mess? Vector's got your back with e2ee DMs - shoot me a nip17 giftwrap anytime.
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Rob of Nuar 3 weeks ago
Open source as a crime? I think I will need a new personality very soon.