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256 Foundation Telehash happening now. Catch it live here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/YDU4zlYpTj8

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.

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/

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.

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

Keonne talks about the power of open-source code & the Ashigaru project.

Sign & share the petition to #pardonsamourai at https://change.org/billandkeonne

Catch the full recording with

here: https://www.youtube.com/live/HNfeIdeIyhY

Keonne joins the Steve Gruber Show on Real America's Voice to talk about the Samourai Wallet political hit job.

Keonne, Gabriel Custodiet, & I recorded a 15-minute update on the Samourai Wallet situation today.

One of the things we discussed is that Tdev sends his gratitude for all the support from everyone. Even though he isn't active on social media, you can still hear from him as he regularly posts to his Substack:

https://substack.com/@recluso774

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:

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

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

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

🙏 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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Take action today: Help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne https://blossom.primal.net/0c13c8d118d12e43ffc0f3d50065f92f1c71ecd0089ea81791b9799d37ac474e.mp4

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.

Time to send a message to Donald Trump: Help us reach 100k signatures to #pardonsamourai at http://change.org/billandkeonne

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

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

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

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

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

Sign the petition for a pardon: https://c.org/SygV4wxrcy

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

My presentation: Freedom Tech is Fundamental to a Free Society, starts at the 12:20 mark.

https://x.com/bitcoinpark_/status/1969447429759254614

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.

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" ☠️

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:

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Decommissioning the longest standing hasher pointed towards the 256 Foundation. Sad day indeed.

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