On Wednesday, the founders of the Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai Wallet were arrested and charged on behalf of the US Government. The indictment could set dangerous precedents beyond Bitcoin privacy services.
“If your government is worried about their own citizens controlling their money, the most important question you have to ask is ‘what the hell is wrong with my government’”
– Andreas Antonopolous
Last wednesday, Samourai Wallet founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill were arrested and charged with conspiracy to money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money service business in the Southern District Court of New York. The indictment alleges that Samourai Wallet “facilitated more than $100 Million in money laundering transactions from illegal dark web markets”.
The definition of a non-custodial wallet as a money service business and the consequent indictment of the wallet’s maintainers can set dangerous precedents for the wider Bitcoin space and m
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