Why President Trump Should PARDON SAMOURAI
Keonne Rodriguez of Samourai Wallet with nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhh2mtzwfjkctnvda3kzmp6xsurgwqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgxy3c5lqj6g9nqpeg0ea7xgdmurrrq9nc8fx5er2930pq8jdc2vzyu7yza6
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If Bitcoiners used even 1% of the time they've spent on the Knots / Core debated to engage with the Samourai case Keonne and Bill would already be free.
I, too, am guilty of not using my platform to spread the #pardonsamourai message more. That changes now. Going to do what I can, and hope everyone else does the same.
If they come for one of us, they will come for all of us.
Totally agreed. #pardonsamourai
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"engaging with cases" is not how this works.
If people hadnโt engaged with Ross Ulbrichtโs case he would still be in prison.
If I was Ross I would have stayed in prison. Taking favours from Trump is a bad idea.
Now everyone assumes the absolute worst about Ross.
I, for one, do *not* โassume the absolute worst about Ross.โ
I am glad he is free and with his family.
Ross rotted for a few years, first. Now Trump will be urged to free someone by the same people who trash him .... same as with Ross. I wonder if Trump will be like .... "fuck it, its not worth it."
Iโve been sharing everywhere - Frustrating that itโs not getting the attention it deservesโฆ
This case is SO egregious and disgusting. Justice has be lost in technicality. Any illusion you have of equal justice and fair trial under the constitution is a shit stained fairytale. This case does for the judicial system, what COVID did for trust in the government.
Pardons are done for pandering (votes, approval ratings, etc.), or as personal favors/deals for connected people. Justice is rarely the motivation.
Given that Trump is quickly becoming a lame duck, I'd focus on leveraging connections with connected people.
Also, there may be opportunities to apply pressure at events where his sons are shilling their crypto/mining ventures.
I suppose if there was a mass swelling of support from the masses, then Trump might act. Unfortunately, I think that's unlikely given the relatively low political and media interest in the case.
Assange and Ulbricht were campaign promises, IIRC. Now he's pardoning scammers that people in his orbit probably advocated or paid for.
I will do my best shouting into the void too.
Reframe it and say Samourai wallet
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No one cares if it requires you to actually act lol
It may make sense to help people understand what they can do outside of convenience.
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I want to believe that everybody thatโs on NOSTR has signed this already
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Privacy is not a crime.
Freedom is not complicity.
Defending tools that expand individual freedom does not mean defending illegal acts. It means recognizing a basic principle: everyone deserves privacy โ financial, personal, and moral.
Software like Samourai Wallet does not commit crimes. It is a tool. Just like cash, the internet, phones, or encryption. If someone uses these tools for illegal purposes, the responsibility lies only with the individual, not with the code or the people who wrote it.
Punishing software creators for how others use their tools sets a dangerous precedent. It shifts the blame of a sick society that cannot handle freedom onto those who dared to protect and expand it.
The majority should not โ and must not โ be punished for the actions of a few. Especially not the developers who simply created tools to help people exercise a right that has always belonged to them: the right to privacy.
Privacy does not protect crime.
It protects ordinary people from abuse, mass surveillance, and authoritarian control.
If we criminalize freedom today, tomorrow only permission will remain.
If they come for one of us, they will come for all of us.
absolutely agree, the disparity in energy between "core/knots drama" vs actual political prisoners is embarrassing. keonne and bill reminded everyone that code is speech, privacy is non-negotiable, and if devs can be jailed for what users do, crypto is done.
you can do more than tweets: letters, calls, postcards to pardon teams, troll their socials with #pardonsamourai constantly until it's unavoidable noise.
and hey, the same people brushing this off worry daily about their own coin anonymity. wake up call: your tools are next.
Wait, so Walkercoin is not the trade?
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