648 sats \ 4 replies \ @petertodd 24 Apr \ parent \ on: Samourai Wallet Founder Arrested for Money Laundering privacy
The Bitcoin community should be getting prepared politically, by setting up legal defense funds (including for the present case) as well as setting up lobbying organizations.
The tendency of bitcoiners to just say "fuck politics" and disengage is deadly. You can't avoid politics with code. You can gain some power. But not enough to resist all politics.
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Cypherpunks run code.
The problem is that if you speak up publicly for someone they just go without a warrant to your house, take your computer and try to steal your Bitcoin and you may end up in custody. Thus speaking for someone may preclude your ability of running code. At the very least it is like saying: "I am a domestic terrorist. Come and take me."
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I hate to say it, but first let's start by ignoring this whole raft with JPEGs. Fees are at least back to pre-halving levels now.
We can't overcome this without a united front.
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