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The main issue is the prosecution of Samourai devs. If they lose this case it is a defacto ban on self custodial tools. The Bitcoin community is sleep walking into jurisprudence that lays the groundwork for holding developers of FOSS reaponsible for the actions users of the code take. Essentially the equivalent of making Google responsible for actions users take after making search. It is absurd but the confusion lies is applying flawed comparisons to new technology that threatens state hegemony.
I know, I'm really concerned about the samourai case. I know the EU is foaming at the mouth for some kind of precedent here, even if it's from another jurisdiction. I would like to know.... Why did they chose to develop doxxed?
Any good dev should have a few numbers ready and swap from one to another to continue their work?
I think it had to do with that originally they were just wallet devs. They had registered some companies long ago under their real names and had some funding. Over time they developed better and better tools. One thing is that they haven't broken any laws though. So if I was to start a comany and have lawyers tell me I am not breaking the law and the regulators say I don't need a license then there really I wouldn't need to be anon. Their statements in public are protected speech in the USA. So code as expression, statements and expression and money as expression are all protected by the constitution. Saying provocative things or making tools the state doesn't like is the whole point of the constitution. The exploited a loophole and are being punished for it.
Yeah, I can see how current devs got mauled into that trap.
But really now, I think most developers should have woken up to the reality that laws are just there for convenience and have been weaponized.
I do hope you and your friends are now switching to anonymous coding and developing.
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