If Bitcoiners used even 1% of the time they've spent on the Knots / Core debated to engage with the Samourai case Keonne and Bill would already be free. I, too, am guilty of not using my platform to spread the #pardonsamourai message more. That changes now. Going to do what I can, and hope everyone else does the same. If they come for one of us, they will come for all of us. View quoted note →

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This case is SO egregious and disgusting. Justice has be lost in technicality. Any illusion you have of equal justice and fair trial under the constitution is a shit stained fairytale. This case does for the judicial system, what COVID did for trust in the government.
It may make sense to help people understand what they can do outside of convenience.
I, for one, do *not* “assume the absolute worst about Ross.” I am glad he is free and with his family.
Privacy is not a crime. Freedom is not complicity. Defending tools that expand individual freedom does not mean defending illegal acts. It means recognizing a basic principle: everyone deserves privacy — financial, personal, and moral. Software like Samourai Wallet does not commit crimes. It is a tool. Just like cash, the internet, phones, or encryption. If someone uses these tools for illegal purposes, the responsibility lies only with the individual, not with the code or the people who wrote it. Punishing software creators for how others use their tools sets a dangerous precedent. It shifts the blame of a sick society that cannot handle freedom onto those who dared to protect and expand it. The majority should not — and must not — be punished for the actions of a few. Especially not the developers who simply created tools to help people exercise a right that has always belonged to them: the right to privacy. Privacy does not protect crime. It protects ordinary people from abuse, mass surveillance, and authoritarian control. If we criminalize freedom today, tomorrow only permission will remain. If they come for one of us, they will come for all of us.
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BTC-Satan 2 weeks ago
Ross rotted for a few years, first. Now Trump will be urged to free someone by the same people who trash him .... same as with Ross. I wonder if Trump will be like .... "fuck it, its not worth it."