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#FREESAMOURAI billandkeonne.org
Co-founder 256foundation.org

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2026-02-06 00:55:09 UTC

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this is the way .gif

2026-02-06 00:54:13 UTC

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I don't recall what the beef was about but it's all good!

2026-01-21 18:58:56 UTC

256 Foundation Telehash happening now. Catch it live here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/YDU4zlYpTj8

2026-01-19 18:20:01 UTC

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The live stream overlay has an ln address qr code, chat feature, & progress bar. https://blossom.primal.net/0699b6c95de6eb1fba1778e12401ea37b574971193665d8c86406c473f183c60.png

2026-01-16 18:59:35 UTC

You can now use your npub as the username in your miner settings and the HashDash will link to your Nostr account in a tooltip where you can see all your workers. Check it out at https://dash.256f.org/ and point your hash there to support the 256 Foundation.
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2026-01-13 01:59:07 UTC

9 days to go until the Telehash, the BItcoin mining fundraiser built on open-source.
Will be tough to beat last year with the solo block find but we are up to the challenge and we're bringing everything the 256 Foundation has built over the last year to showcase the power of open-source Bitcoin mining.
D++ built this amazing hashdash and you can start helping us stress test Hydra Pool (our open-source mining pool) now at https://dash.256f.org/
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2025-12-20 04:24:59 UTC

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The final moments of Keonne Rodriguez's freedom as he walks into the federal prison where he was sentenced to serve 5-years. The SDNY has ripped a substantial leader from the Bitcoin industry & more importantly ripped a husband away from his wife & family. #pardonsamourai now.
#nevent1q…jjsz

2025-12-20 04:21:39 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-12-20 04:21:12 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-12-19 01:51:24 UTC

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Thank you. Once they have bother surrendered and are no longer on bail then we will open up a sats option.

2025-12-19 01:50:09 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-12-19 01:48:51 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-12-18 23:01:53 UTC

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Thank you! That looks great! Here is that video: https://x.com/bitkite/status/1885337785537593520

2025-12-18 22:59:05 UTC

Tonight is Keonne's last night with his family, he will report to prison tomorrow for building Samourai Wallet. We will continue fighting for a pardon for him & Bill. The petition has gained some traction & we only need about 1,500 more signatures to reach the 10k milestone. Please keep signing & sharing the petition to pardon Samourai, every signature helps.
change.org/billandkeonne
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2025-12-14 03:24:34 UTC

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Thank you 🙏 Due to their bail conditions we will not bring any cryptocurrency options online until after their surrender dates.

2025-12-13 22:40:19 UTC

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2025-12-13 22:39:24 UTC

Keonne talks about the power of open-source code & the Ashigaru project.
https://blossom.primal.net/015a3e7aa4d8616cf02459f266c578f28a2fdd55a66d39734fc3b90a07658cc2.mp4
Sign & share the petition to #pardonsamourai at https://change.org/billandkeonne
Catch the full recording with @nprofile…rjkj here: https://www.youtube.com/live/HNfeIdeIyhY

2025-12-10 19:30:50 UTC

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You can help right this wrong by signing the petition to #pardonsamourai
change.org/billandkeonne

2025-12-10 19:29:45 UTC

Keonne joins the Steve Gruber Show on Real America's Voice to talk about the Samourai Wallet political hit job.
https://blossom.primal.net/404e4523b5c3a692da8e6d8800b0a10887a5f0a1ce59f4ba5c1dafa30fe8ee0e.mp4

2025-12-09 20:12:28 UTC

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According to the legal theory put forth by the DOJ, the Lightning node operator, mainnet node operator, miner, software wallet developer, & hardware wallet engineer are all unlicensed money transmitting businesses. They all "facilitate the transfer of funds by any and all means".

2025-12-09 20:06:56 UTC

The State wants total transparency into your personal finances & they will deploy the full force of their violence to stop anyone who stands in their way. Even if they didn't break any laws, like Samourai Wallet.
Send a clear signal to Donald Trump that privacy is a human right & you want him to #pardonsamourai
✍️ sign & share the petition here: http://change.org/billandkeonne
Listen to the full episode with Watchman Privacy
here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UcbFSF7fWn8
https://blossom.primal.net/59738fd9e1ecca4aefed880c905084aec4167ef9da6afe9f51f4fa19bd42b85e.mp4

2025-12-09 19:29:59 UTC

If prosecutors can send non-custodial Bitcoin wallet developers to prison as unlicensed money transmitters, then they can definitely do the same to Bitcoin miners.
✍️ sign & share the petition to #pardonsamourai & get this issue in front of Donald Trump to put an end to this madness: http://change.org/billandkeonne
Listen to the full Bitcoin Veterans interview here:
https://bitcointv.com/w/jXtPcXvBW4jZ3ku9Tg61EV
https://blossom.primal.net/d55ed1f62d354b25d99420d70748f711d8247a9421514316ee04c18f6b44db99.mp4

2025-12-09 15:37:45 UTC

Explain to me how one operates a money transmitting business without taking control over anyone's money. I'll wait.
In the mean time, sign this petition & help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne
https://blossom.primal.net/44fe638c6c0e6633f7691363f37f33fa78df71934722abcf6f8132a246320bbe.mp4

2025-12-09 03:48:24 UTC

The hosts of Liberty Round Table spoke with Keonne & they can see the government corruption in the Samourai Wallet case from a mile away.
Software developers should not be going to prison for other people's actions! Send a message to Donald Trump to #pardonsamourai
✍️ sign & share this petition today!
http://change.org/billandkeonne
Watch the full interview here: https://libertyroundtable.com/podcast/lrt-videos/episode/crypto-justice-and-the-samurai-wallet-the-keonne-rodriguez-case
https://blossom.primal.net/5b3a25df727355b3c1a9876e50d44fe8f1d4938926bcbc7fed35d171319ecd5d.mp4

2025-12-09 00:21:51 UTC

🙏 A message of gratitude from the Samourai Wallet developers' families. Every contribution you make is having a direct & meaningful impact on their lives in these dark hours.
Please continue providing your generous support to their official fundraiser:
https://givesendgo.com/billandkeonne
https://blossom.primal.net/961bda4f401615707ccc55b68bd87cabde4a6234cdeb0b726d565635a47583ec.png

2025-12-09 00:15:09 UTC

When a federal prosecutor, in their dry monotone voice, reads your shitpost aloud in a courtroom to a district judge... it just hits different.
All jokes aside, help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne
https://blossom.primal.net/2f3cf8236bdde0989c29702749e5e3fe29dc2511c9adae806fbc956bc720051f.mp4

2025-12-09 00:07:44 UTC

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.
https://blossom.primal.net/4a95ae754d0f19adf6f80ce89abe543ec1e1ad588f4c92f77a0dcab16cd7d0fa.mp4
Catch the full recording here: https://bitcointv.com/w/hpABC55wRiVgQjSQgHNATq
We are going for 100k signatures on the petition to #pardonsamourai Help us get there today: change.org/billandkeonne

2025-12-02 02:05:18 UTC

So close to 3,000 signatures, help us get there by signing & sharing this petition to #pardonsamourai
https://change.org/billandkeonne
Despite circulating rumors, signing with an alias & disposable email is 100% acceptable & does not "contribute to a fraudulent petition". Change[.]org themselves encourage the use of pseudonyms for privacy-minded individuals:
https://help.change.org/en_US/my-account/usernamepolicy
Also, of you want to financially support the developers' families, use the GiveSendGo donation link: https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonne
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2025-12-01 12:44:01 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-12-01 03:58:24 UTC

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I don't know. Was your VPN set to a US server?

2025-12-01 02:57:45 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-12-01 02:48:10 UTC

We got ~100 signatures in the last 24hrs for a total over 2,600! Please help us reach our 100k signature goal by signing & sharing to #pardonsamourai
https://change.org/billandkeonne
Unbelievable that this even needs to be said but the deranged basement dwellers are circulating rumors: Signing with an alias & disposable email is 100% acceptable & does not dilute the validity of the petition. Change[.]org themselves encourage the use of pseudonyms for privacy-minded individuals:
https://help.change.org/en_US/my-account/usernamepolicy

2025-12-01 00:33:10 UTC

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GFY

2025-11-30 23:52:55 UTC

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The fuck are you talking about? Where I choose to live has absolutely nothing to do with the Samourai Wallet petition. The fact you even try making this correlation is highly suspicous. I was fired from my job of 10 years because I refused the covid vaccine. My own family members wouldn't let me in their homes because I didn't take the vaccines. And I'm the one who abandoned them? You know absolutely nothing surrounding the circumstances of my move yet you choose to frame it like this?

2025-11-30 21:51:05 UTC

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The developers' families are in complete financial ruin after millions in legal fees, forfeiting $6.3 million to the DOJ, & the maximum fine of $250,000. Anything you can do to help them will go a long way:
https://givesendgo.com/billandkeonne

2025-11-30 21:50:13 UTC

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Watch the full interview from the Kim Iversen Show here: https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html

2025-11-30 21:47:03 UTC

The trajectory toward criminalizing self-custody is clear, taking down Samourai Wallet was one step on the road to 6102 v2.
Change the trajectory now: Help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne
https://blossom.primal.net/f7ce7dd1804909cae4ce2c443891b3108478a94af7075f8cfd84be1295fe6115.mp4

2025-11-30 16:53:47 UTC

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Why are you trying to distinguish that point? Samourai Wallet did a lot more than just write code, they hosted a node, they hosted a coordinator, they hosted a blockchain analysis platform, they published several research articles, they published several instructional videos, they gave presentations at conferences, they donated $50k to Tor, they were the executive producer of the 3D printed gun documentary Death Athletic, and they ran a social media account. They did quite a lot.
The only think they are going to prison for however, is because they knew a criminal /could/ use their code. That's it. They are going to prison because of that code. So what is this point you're grasping at straws to make?

2025-11-30 02:19:57 UTC

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Thank you 🙏

2025-11-30 01:42:10 UTC

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The developers' families are in complete financial ruin after the millions in legal fees, forfeiting $6.3 million to the DOJ, & the maximum fine of $250,000. Anything you can do to help them will go a long way. Cryptocurrency options coming online after the surrender dates.
https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonne

2025-11-30 01:40:06 UTC

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Catch the full episode here:
https://bitcointv.com/w/hpABC55wRiVgQjSQgHNATq

2025-11-30 01:38:47 UTC

Conspiracy charges are the government's best friend because they don't need any evidence of the actual underlying crime taking place.
Put a stop to abuse: Help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at https://change.org/billandkeonne
https://blossom.primal.net/cd213e7e8744cf565a1849108cf7a43daa314ffa2927e1d6296f3ddc83aa6656.mp4

2025-11-29 17:12:10 UTC

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You can catch the full episode of the clip above from POD256 here:
🎥 https://bitcointv.com/w/sDvbNA2Sth8C8vcccxLZKj
🔊 https://www.pod256.org/episodepage/096-from-open-source-to-federal-sentence-the-government-vs-samourai-wallet

2025-11-29 17:10:20 UTC

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We are so close to 2,500 signatures, only 20 more to go! Please help us reach our goal of 100k to #pardonsamourai by signing today:
change.org/billandkeonne

2025-11-29 17:02:16 UTC

This is not soliciting to criminals. Even if it was, the supreme court has ruled that is not a crime.
https://blossom.primal.net/9bbd0bfed23491d076835bd63392be69727a2054e6d59c27642f1898e1d7c29c.png
https://blossom.primal.net/a0db53fdae23eb9ed67fa5319a9542b57f85e7c79d7780dee56138759aebbe86.mp4

2025-11-29 13:29:49 UTC

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Huh? Just sign the petition if you think software developers shouldn't be thrown in prison for what other people do with their code. Or if you don't give a shit, then don't sign and watch it happen to the next dev. That's your choice.

2025-11-29 13:26:56 UTC

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What a complete load of shit. Several times you mention threatening the government, yet Samourai Wallet paid for attorneys to draft a response to proposed FinCEN rule changes and got some 20 or 30 industry participants to cosign the message since the rule change effected everyone. WTF threats are you talking about?
Not capable of encouraging development? Samourai Wallet gave $50k to the Tor project and they had over 20 contributors to their own software.
Their approach was unsound? Show me any ZeroLink CoinJoin implementation other than Whirlpool, I'll wait. Pushed people away? There was over 10k BTC in unspent Whirlpool capacity at the time of the arrests and that trend was going up and to the right.
You make it sound as though Samourai Wallet was unapproachable and "hated on plebs" which is total bullshit. If anyone approached them with a cocky sarcastic attitude then they received attitude right back. Anyone who approached them willing to learn and not be a dick was treated with mutual respect. People got out of Samourai Wallet's attitude what they put in.
Toxcic towards devs taking a different approach? Samourai poured significant resources into research and demonstrated technical flaws only to be met with aggression and doxing from other developers.
If you don't like the way they communicated then that's fine but don't act like that somehow justifies 5-years in prison. People like you who are cheer leading for the state to lock people in cages because they said something you don't like make me sick.

2025-11-29 03:16:47 UTC

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"Hiding in the plot"? Give me a break. I've mentioned the $6.3 m in fees six different times between Twitter & Nostr just today. The figure is also mentioned on the petition. Not to mention, you are replying in a thread where I literally clipped and highlighted Keonne talking about their fees. Nobody is hiding anything. Not to mention Average Joe earning $50k/year is doing pretty well compared to Samourai who earned $6.3m in fees over 10-years and had 20 people employed at the time of the arrests, they weren't even making $50k/yr.

2025-11-29 01:40:09 UTC

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Those analogies are retarded. Hammer manufacturers and machete manufacturers have made profit off of every single tool sold, even the ones that eventually wound up in a crime scene. Additionally, the thing about the machete manufacturer adding some safety net sounds similar to how regulators want financial institutions to use the safety net of KYC/AML policies and licenses. You will recall however, that the regulator in charge of issuing money transmitting licenses for financial institutions, FinCEN, was approached by federal prosecutors and asked specifically if Samourai Wallet would need a license and the regulator explicitly said "no". The prosecutors indicted the developers for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business 6-months later anyways. You give far too much credit to this idea that the average Joe is going to somehow dismiss the prosecution's arguments if profit wasn't an element, yet you are neglecting to recognize that the fact that profit was involved was not an issue for the prosecutors as they would have prosecuted them the same anyways. Not to mention, if you listen to the full story you will hear Keonne explain how difficult it is to get defense evidence in front of the jury. You seem to have this common misconception that both side of an argument show up and lay out all their evidence for a jury to decide and that is simply not how it works in reality. Furthermore, you seem to think that Samourai Wallet was raking in exorbitant amounts of money when in actuality there was $6.3m earned over the course of 10-years; so if you take the government's own numbers as true then that means Samourai Wallet earned a whopping 3% of the 2 Billion dollars in "unlawful" funds that flowed through Whirlpool, meaning they are either awfully bad at being criminals or the fee was actually there as a Sybil resistance measure, not a mechanism for profiting off of crime.

2025-11-28 23:41:35 UTC

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Makes absolutely no difference. They would have been prosecuted even if Samourai Wallet's Whirlpool was free: https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs0c302y2nfpp55d85j7ll36ddtlw7frl9tfqhuwxa2svjltfmeuqsqqle4h

2025-11-28 21:18:57 UTC

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Very statist and ignorant response. Thanks for sharing 🙄

2025-11-28 19:56:06 UTC

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2025-11-28 19:55:33 UTC

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Hear the full recording here:
https://bitcointv.com/w/hpABC55wRiVgQjSQgHNATq

2025-11-28 19:54:35 UTC

Listen to what its like living through a militarized pre-dawn raid in this Twitter Spaces between Janice Elizabeth McAfee & Keonne Rodriguez... all this for writing code.
Take action today: Help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne https://blossom.primal.net/0c13c8d118d12e43ffc0f3d50065f92f1c71ecd0089ea81791b9799d37ac474e.mp4

2025-11-28 19:53:01 UTC

There will be an empty seat at the table this Christmas in Keonne's home.
Sentenced to 5-years in prison for code. Help us change course at change.org/billandkeonne
🔊 on
https://blossom.primal.net/f52157b5b81fb2a0e49d77887fe9e32c6a2af270270ab0805d2d63f160c37dcc.mp4

2025-11-28 19:50:25 UTC

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2025-11-28 19:49:56 UTC

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Or find it in your favorite podcasting app:
https://www.pod256.org/episodepage/096-from-open-source-to-federal-sentence-the-government-vs-samourai-wallet

2025-11-28 19:49:19 UTC

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Catch the full POD256 episode on bitcoinTV:
https://bitcointv.com/w/sDvbNA2Sth8C8vcccxLZKj

2025-11-28 19:47:15 UTC

A stark warning for anyone working on freedom tech: federal prosecutors do not see a use case for privacy other than for criminal purposes.
Time to send a message to Donald Trump: Help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne
https://blossom.primal.net/30ea0eda513ebb53d606a1c5a9b9ece24b0f839c9d7b8817670956a541a82f73.mp4

2025-11-28 19:45:18 UTC

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2025-11-28 19:43:23 UTC

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Catch the full episode of the Kim Iversen Show here:
https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html

2025-11-28 19:41:57 UTC

Code = Conspiracy to commit money laundering according to federal prosecutors. Do you still think this could never happen to you for your software project?
Stand up & help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne
https://blossom.primal.net/8c6b075041d2a05bf108a05be5f805a262dfa37e99cbab1d4a6719e68a9ac53d.mp4

2025-11-28 01:18:51 UTC

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Support the developers' families as they pick up the pieces in the wake of this injustice: https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonne

2025-11-28 01:18:11 UTC

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Sign & share the petition to pardon the Samourai Wallet developers. Help us reach 100k signatures: https://change.org/billandkeonne

2025-11-28 01:16:59 UTC

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Watch the full interview with Keonne, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, as he reveals the details of a militarized raid on his home, federal prosecutors suppressing evidence, & millions of dollars in forfeiture for the crime of writing code.
https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html?start=364

2025-11-28 01:15:25 UTC

Samourai Wallet's conspiracy was that they knew criminals could use their software, not that they knew of any specific illicit use.
Think about the implications of such a legal theory, such broad language implicates every software developer, miner, & node operator.
https://blossom.primal.net/8c6b075041d2a05bf108a05be5f805a262dfa37e99cbab1d4a6719e68a9ac53d.mp4

2025-11-28 00:54:23 UTC

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Support the developers' families directly with GiveSendGo:
https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonne

2025-11-28 00:53:42 UTC

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Catch the full episode of the clip above on the latest episode of POD256.
🔊 https://www.pod256.org/episodepage/096-from-open-source-to-federal-sentence-the-government-vs-samourai-wallet
📽️ https://bitcointv.com/w/sDvbNA2Sth8C8vcccxLZKj

2025-11-28 00:51:45 UTC

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Sign & share the petition to get the Samourai Wallet developers pardoned. We have 2,303 signatures, help us hit 2,500 today!
https://c.org/7WWXvj8QVF

2025-11-28 00:46:41 UTC

"Samourai earned fees, therefore they were a business and how they wound up on the wrong end of a conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, right?"
The truth may surprise you, Samourai could have operated for free & they would have still been prosecuted.
https://blossom.primal.net/893945f8e4b8346aabfba2f4530988ed1ea1670d53e7035882c5314c6bd2a4e1.mp4

2025-11-27 01:12:05 UTC

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Support the developers' families as they pick up the pieces in the wake of this injustice: https://www.givesendgo.com/billandkeonne

2025-11-27 01:11:29 UTC

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Sign & share the petition to pardon the Samourai Wallet developers. Help us reach 100k signatures: https://c.org/vxKZ2FZXv9

2025-11-27 01:08:31 UTC

What do guns, Toyotas, & Excel spreadsheets have in common?
The executives don't go to prison when crimes are committed with any of those tools.
This Bitcoin wallet is a different story. Meet the developer sentenced to 5-years in prison + $250k fine for his code.
https://video.nostr.build/95543f20eb75807678f271c5ced814386838750fac21f2321dfc4a0551376d43.mp4

2025-11-25 18:45:21 UTC

Many questioned why Samourai Wallet took the plea deal? When facing 25-years in prison + $237m forfeiture order + being barred from talking about his own intent in front of a jury + a judge who refused to hear the defense arguments = plea deal was the clear path forward.
Hear Keonne explain it all in his own words on the Kim Iversen Show here: https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html?start=365
Help us reach our goal of 100k signatures, sign & share the petition to pardon Samourai Wallet today: https://c.org/PXwK8Cm2mR
Support the families facing financial ruin here: https://givesendgo.com/billandkeonne
https://video.nostr.build/a6b1d1df35f3d427e22773c9b2f19db7c31d20041126eb4fe20606e732106f52.mp4

2025-11-24 19:19:28 UTC

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Thank you! 🙏

2025-11-24 19:15:12 UTC

Who wants all of their financial history wide open for public scrutiny?! Samourai Wallet provided basic financial privacy on a public blockchain.
Watch Kim Iversen's reaction as she learns the truth! Catch the full interview here: https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html?start=361
Software developers should not be going to prison for their software. If you agree then sign & share the petition to get Bill & Keonne a pardon from President Trump: https://c.org/PXwK8Cm2mR
https://video.nostr.build/3709723fd63317a2515595d8e9e8b43152ef5863236a48dc92ca04e84765ad31.mp4

2025-11-24 19:13:03 UTC

Both hands tied behind their backs in the fight for their lives. Motion after motion was denied without explanation, industry experts blocked from submitting helpful information, & evidence suppressed in the rigged SDNY courtroom.
Hear the whole story on the Kim Iversen Show here: https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html?start=361
Help us hit our 100k signature goal on the petition for President Trump to pardon the Samourai Wallet developers: https://c.org/PXwK8Cm2mR
https://video.nostr.build/6a17c467665f9fd51fbb062aab07c0ffe8d42ed631476640b3e8d1a872607d82.mp4

2025-11-24 05:40:05 UTC

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Sign the petition for a pardon: https://c.org/SygV4wxrcy
#nevent1q…uvuh

2025-11-24 05:29:14 UTC

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Because I don't have a way to receive ehash tokens for my mining shares and trade them in a liquid market place for sats ;)

2025-11-24 04:05:33 UTC

Privacy means donating to causes yo believe in without fear of retaliation, that's what Samourai Wallet enabled.
Hear Keonne explain it in his own words regarding the Canadian Trucker Convoy in his recent interview with Kim Iversen. Catch the full episode here: https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html?start=365
Software developers like Keonne & Bill should not be in prison. Sign & share the petition for pardon and help us reach 100k signatures: https://c.org/fF7JgNFsv6
https://video.nostr.build/22e1df669d6e7b537364f4a2a455c2c854558fd7dc6028ac958a68683ac9a75a.mp4

2025-09-20 23:22:46 UTC

My presentation: Freedom Tech is Fundamental to a Free Society, starts at the 12:20 mark.
https://x.com/bitcoinpark_/status/1969447429759254614

2025-09-20 23:16:59 UTC

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First time I heard that phrase was from Samourai Wallet. I like it too :)

2025-08-03 19:56:10 UTC

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No precedent is set in the Samourai Wallet case because they reached a plea agreement first of all, so your premise is DOA. If you think having the FBI conduct militarized raids on the devs, the courts holding their families homes in a $3m bond, being placed under house arrest for 460 days and counting, personal property seized, spending $1m+ in legal fees, and still facing 5 years in prison plus $6m in fines means that they are "planted government agents" then god bless your heart, you are fucked in the head and need all the help you can get. These men put their lives on the line so anyone could have improved anonymity on a public blockchain. Mean-while, basement dwelling sperglords like you did what exactly to defend privacy?

2025-08-02 16:17:11 UTC

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That isn't "the unfortunate truth", the Samourai Wallet devs have agreed not to appeal so long as judge Cote sentences 5 years or less. Therefore, the plea agreement would not be brought before an appellate court nor would appellate courts take into consideration the Samourai Wallet plea agreement when forming opinions on other cases.
As for their servers, best practices would stipulate that they be encrypted. I'll admit I don't know with certainty but I am confident, based on Samourai Wallet following other best practices like purging xpubs at periodic time intervals and the fact that the government failed to access several of the confiscated devices, that there was no xpub exposure. Especially considering the large majority of users ran their own nodes, or used Sparrow Wallet, or used Keeper (or whatever that iOS app was called that implemented Whirlpool). IMO I do believe the xpub exposure risk was very minimal all things considered and I also believe that none of the xpubs in that risk pool were exposed.

2025-08-02 15:40:45 UTC

Transcript of the Samourai Wallet devs responding to judge Cote asking for them to describe what they did in their own words during the plea agreement hearing.
https://image.nostr.build/1eda1cd8c74c39e8928b57e44d9adf6639c327b7f1dc578741a284b1634c0860.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/655100f817f2c8d4e991224bb9a14dd8c4aa372ffc1f458bfde2d85fe82d64bc.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/a239c2728e85ecaa31cec33d7eb34363549dbac5a87b5b3a25a4492f60dfc49a.jpg
The moment during the Samourai Wallet plea agreement hearing when judge Cote confuses the 1956 money laundering charge & 1960 unlicensed money transmitting charge, then nonchalantly brushes it off as "much the same thing" ☠️
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https://image.nostr.build/c425cfaa16a1df9f5ea61c154ec465798577b4860d92c2a4d1d1fd1d74b9cf8e.jpg
Basically, prosecutors just need to establish the facts of the matter: the devs built a wallet, a hacker used the wallet to obscure the source of criminally derived coins, and the devs had knowledge of this. Package that all up as a conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business charge & if the defendants plead guilty (even a false confession) then the judge is spared from any critical thinking because she can just take the prosecutor's allegations as true.
None of that proves the prosecutor's interpretation of the law is correct, that would require a trial which was avoided here and anyone with half a brain in this space can clearly understand the defendants did not in fact transfer funds on behalf of the public as it was a non-custodial wallet and therefore could not be considered a money transmitting business. Hence the wording of the defendants' statements.
But for all intents & purposes of the plea agreement, the only issue here is whether or not there is evidence (even one example) that supports the allegation that the defendants are pleading guilty to. A hacker who used Samourai Wallet in this case:
https://image.nostr.build/4e1dc65c2aa64c8860c84fa3b659a83d58904fd6fbce7df1868e0ee488e1e04a.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/a85d5737b667547222c950ae88c3d450292ebe4d8beec6a89ad94769cb84f000.jpg

2025-08-01 01:48:14 UTC

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The Samourai Wallet case actually does not set case law precedent as they reached a plea deal.
As for their part for your freedom, they literally put their lives on the line and were facing 25-year sentences for the code they built... for you or anyone else to use to gain anonymity on a public block chain.

2025-07-28 12:35:58 UTC

Day 460 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested.
Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare.
Details: https://freesamourai.com
Support: https://p2prights.org/donate.html

2025-07-24 11:54:38 UTC

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That's a throw back lol. Seems like I wasn't totally off base in light of paper Bitcoin summer.

2025-07-19 03:54:29 UTC

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IMO Section 110 does nothing for Samourai Wallet. The language in 110 explicitly lists the crypto-related entities that would qualify as "financial institutions", like brokers for example. Software developers, are only not considered "financial institutions" implicitly because they do not appear on the list. Great, devs aren't financial institutions so they won't be charged for not complying with Bank Secrecy Act regulations like obtaining a money transmitters license - so this is a win, right? Wrong! The DOJ had already dropped the allegations [18 U.S.C. § 1960(b)(1)(B)] related to not obtaining a money transmitters license under the Conspiracy To Operate An Unlicensed Money Transmitter Business. However, under that same charge, prosecutors are still pushing forward with the 18 U.S.C. § 1960(b)(1)(C) allegation that Samourai conspired to operate an unlicensed money transmitter business because they allegedly knew there were criminal proceeds in Whirlpool; even though the prosecution is no longer arguing that they needed a license. It's retarded legal theory. CLARITY doesn't do anything the prosecution hasn't already done by dropping the 18 U.S.C. § 1960(b)(1)(B) allegations.

2025-07-18 15:35:52 UTC

Day 450 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested.
Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare.
Details: https://freesamourai.com
Support: https://p2prights.org/donate.html

2025-07-11 01:02:48 UTC

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Just what I can find doing an internet search on her. Clinton appointed, history working at the SDNY, knows criminal law, and has worked on tech-heavy cases.

2025-07-11 01:00:56 UTC

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Implications range from the new judge looking things over and dismissing the case to the new judge continuing Berman's behavior which will likely lead to roadblocks like the defense experts being blocked from testifying in front of the jury, favorable case law examples being blocked from the defense like we just saw in Tornado Cash (see Van Loon), and defense motions getting denied while prosecution gets everything they suggest. As the gatekeeper, the judge really has control over this whole thing so the implications are huge.

2025-07-10 12:00:37 UTC

Day 442 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested.
Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare.
Details: https://freesamourai.com
Support: https://p2prights.org/donate.html

2025-07-10 12:00:05 UTC

In a new filing posted last night, judge Berman (the Epstein judge) has been pulled from the Samourai Wallet case and it has been reassigned to judge Denise L. Cote.
https://image.nostr.build/702f2ec8188886f4bf685f7cea2e436b67a546345e29c09bff9f99223f543cf9.jpg

2025-07-09 11:06:26 UTC

Day 441 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested.
Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare.
Details: https://freesamourai.com
Support: https://p2prights.org/donate.html

2025-07-08 14:33:50 UTC

Day 440 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested.
Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare.
Details: https://freesamourai.com
Support: https://p2prights.org/donate.html

2025-07-07 13:17:06 UTC

Day 439 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested.
Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare.
Details: https://freesamourai.com
Support: https://p2prights.org/donate.html

2025-06-28 14:25:48 UTC

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Thank you for your service!

2025-06-28 14:22:21 UTC

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Decommissioning the longest standing hasher pointed towards the 256 Foundation. Sad day indeed.
#nevent1q…2a46

2025-06-28 14:20:20 UTC

Day 430 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested.
Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare.
Details: https://freesamourai.com
Support: https://p2prights.org/donate.html