Keonne treated me like shit on every chance he got. Same treatment he had for fellow privacy developers and anybody who dared to mention flaws in his products. Maybe that also plays a role in who comes to the rescue?

o.k., not nice, if true. Even if it's difficult on a personal level: they are both outstanding bitcoin devs and deserve all the support the network is able to raise. The state has managed to set an example. Although the outcome is legally unacceptable and blatantly wrong. The outcome of what surely would have been a lengthy court case should have been an acquittal, and I would go even further: it would have been an acquittal. We let it happen, that this chance was missed.

They were not "outstanding bitcoin devs" and lied with no hesitation about their product and about those who called out their lies.

o.k., not for me to judge