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54 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Apr \ on: Expanded Look at Civil Forfeiture After the Samurai Arrests privacy

How could Samourai Wallet have been "transferring funds on behalf of the public" if they never took custody of user funds?

There is no middleman in a Whirlpool tx.

Funds never leave the user's own wallets. There's no "mixer" repository.

This part of the indictment is a lie.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @Cje95 OP 26 Apr

I have no reason to doubt ya and idk could it be the hopper that was part of the protocol? I am just trying to think out loud so to speak to come up with the reasoning... if they were operating the BTC hopper on behalf of clients maybe? Its an enormous stretch but that's all I can think of!

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Apr

If there's something that's secretly operating on the platform, I also don't know, what to say then.

I'm no defender of Samurai

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 26 Apr

You raise a great point though about the middleman aspect of it. If I have time today I will be sure to look into it and see if I can find something. Might have to wait till next week when I am back at work. Been visiting my parents in Texas the last week!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Apr

I'll wait sincerely for your input on this .