What I'm curious about from a legal standpoint is if the Samourai guys are pardoned does that do anything to alter the legal precedent that was set by the plea deal?
Does anyone know?
⚡️🚨🇺🇸 ALERT - President Trump says he will consider a pardon for the CEO of privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet Samourai.
"I've heard about it, I'll look at it. Let's take a look at it."
https://blossom.primal.net/f2ba8b79275307784971d208ca56bcf7e18ffe3a31c7cf8463fa8dc68767f9f5.mp4
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It doesn't have any impact on the legal precedent, but it does impact the "meta" precedent.
The legal precedents are mixed. Code as free speech and nuances regarding what constitutes a "money transmitter" are conflicting, IMO.