đ¨ BREAKING: A DEVELOPER GOES TO PRISON â NOT FOR CRIME, BUT FOR CODE đ¨
Today, Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, reported to federal prison.
5 YEARS. Behind bars.
Not for hacking.
Not for stealing.
Not for fraud.
đ His âcrimeâ? Writing privacy-focused Bitcoin code.
What really happened:
⢠Built Samourai Wallet (2015) â a non-custodial Bitcoin privacy tool
⢠Never held user funds
⢠DOJ claims it âenabledâ $237M in criminal transactions
⢠FinCEN itself said it didnât clearly qualify as a âmoney transmitterâ
⢠Still prosecuted
⢠Arrested in April 2024 in a massive FBI raid
⢠Given maximum sentence
⢠Entered prison today
The irony?
đ˘ Ross Ulbricht â PARDONED
đ˘ CZ (Binance) â PARDONED
đ´ Keonne Rodriguez â JAILED
Just 4 days ago, Trump said he would âlook atâ pardoning him and ordered a review.
But the pardon didnât arrive in time.
Why the crypto world is furious:
This isnât about crime.
This is about privacy.
This is about open-source innovation.
This is about whether writing code can make you a criminal.
Rodriguezâs final words before prison:
âThis prosecution is anti-innovation, anti-American, and an attack on free people.â
â ď¸ If developers go to jail for writing privacy toolsâŚ
What code is illegal next?
The fight for Bitcoin privacy is NOT OVER.
đŹ Your turn:
Should developers be jailed for writing privacy code?
đ Drop your thoughts.
