The trajectory toward criminalizing self-custody is clear, taking down Samourai Wallet was one step on the road to 6102 v2.
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Conspiracy charges are the government's best friend because they don't need any evidence of the actual underlying crime taking place.
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This is not soliciting to criminals. Even if it was, the supreme court has ruled that is not a crime.
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.
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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
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A stark warning for anyone working on freedom tech: federal prosecutors do not see a use case for privacy other than for criminal purposes.
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Code = Conspiracy to commit money laundering according to federal prosecutors. Do you still think this could never happen to you for your software project?
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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.
"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.
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.
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
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