I had to lay low for a while. It wasn’t safe, and I wasn’t a threat to their power or their self-interest anymore, so they left me alone. I didn’t fight loud, I fought smart. With silence. With survival. Went into hiding. With patience. That’s how I made it through. I survived everything they threw at me. I’m still here, not untouched, but unbroken. I survived to fight another day. And most importantly, my family’s safe.

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Frank,

I’ve taken some time to reflect before replying, because I truly don’t understand the level of anger you continue to carry, or how, despite years of verifiable work and an abundance of public evidence, you remain convinced by Shamay’s version of events.

I understand healthy skepticism. But you’ve seen the same proof everyone else has. The public ledger of how funds have been used has been shared repeatedly since last October:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/172VhWeli_OtOVSJISEUPSKeNEtao9kBLYjmNW3oBCMk/edit

The @BitcoinSranan X account alone documents two years of continuous grassroots progress. Samuel Kullman, a respected Swiss parlementarian, publicly shared his firsthand account of the event with Kruse, directly contradicting the narrative you’ve chosen to amplify.

Yet you chose to post only the last few transactions I sent you, not the full, transparent tracker. As a journalist, you know how that can distort a story. You also implied, without evidence, that companies like Newmont are involved in money laundering. That accusation carries weight, and consequences. I wonder if they’re even aware of what you have accused them of.

I’ve spoken in multiple national interviews here in Suriname, on the record, and refuted the claims circulating. I’ve also made it clear that if I were “controlled opposition,” I wouldn’t need crowdfunding or community-funded security. That’s not how this works.

Frank, I want you to know this isn’t written in anger. I don’t wish to discredit you. But I am disappointed. You asked questions, and I answered them all. I’ve never hidden. I’ve only kept working. And while I respect your work, I also ask you to reflect on whether you’ve truly honored the journalistic principles you represent.

Ralphie, by contrast, has shown grace, depth, and a sincere desire to understand. He knows more than most and asks better questions. Speaking down to him won’t change that.

You joined X in 2018. I’ve been in the Bitcoin space long before that. If I wanted to scam anyone, it would’ve been far easier to launch a shitcoin, mint NFTs, or fundraise behind some hollow token. But I didn’t. Because that’s not who I am. That’s not what I’m here for.

Ironically, some of the biggest scams of this cycle came from those closest to the people now pointing fingers. Including a sitting president whom launched an NFT and shitcoin platform. And let’s not forget: Bitcoin Magazine was co-founded by Vitalik. Some echoes still remain.

In any case, I regret that this has unfolded the way it has. I wish you peace and clarity. We’ll be reaching out to your editors to present the full picture, and over the next week, we’ll continue sharing more, openly and transparently, as we’ve done since the start.

With respect,

Maya

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Let me know if you’d like a shorter version for email or social media.

lol

“I know these guys. I know the way they think, and they will erase us. And everything we've done here, none of it'll matter. Any other team wins the World Series, good for them. They're drinking champagne, they get a ring. But if we win, on our budget, with this team... we'll have changed the game. And that's what I want. I want it to mean something.”

Hangin in there

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I plead with nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3kamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdp5kw6rvd9nksar9wghxxmmdsfv7g4 for help and was ignored, still waiting for a response to that e-mail

Stop lying, I have all proof that Jack Kruse is a lying egocentric psychopath that’s being steered by Max and Stacy

FREEDOM USED TO MEAN SOMETHING. IT STILL CAN.

There was a time when the word “freedom” stirred something sacred in the human heart.

When “liberty” wasn’t a slogan but a fire, one that lit revolutions, forged nations, and pulled entire peoples out of the shadows of tyranny.

Today, that word gets thrown around like loose change. Used, diluted, weaponized.

But freedom isn’t fashion.

It’s not what you post, what you buy, or who you vote for.

Freedom is deeper.

It’s the right to be, without permission.

To speak, without fear.

To dream, and to act on that dream, without a ceiling imposed by your birthplace, your gender, your race, your bank account, or your party line.

Liberty is not given. It is claimed. It is lived.

It’s a promise we must renew, every generation, with the boldness of those who came before us, those who dared to imagine a life unshackled, even when their chains were still on.

Today, our chains look different.

Bureaucracy instead of bars.

Censorship masked as safety.

Corruption masked as competence.

Dependency sold as compassion.

Surveillance disguised as protection.

But I believe in the human spirit.

I believe in the fire that once moved millions to march, to write, to stand, to build, to fight, and to love in the face of impossible odds.

We are not meant to be managed.

We are not here to comply.

We are here to live.

Fully. Proudly. Freely.

So let’s rise, not with hatred, not with violence, but with clarity, courage, and conviction.

Let’s build a world where liberty once again means something.

Where our children don’t inherit fear, but freedom.

Where dignity is not the privilege of the few, but the birthright of all.

We owe it to those who came before us.

We owe it to ourselves.

And we owe it, most of all, to those who come next. ✊🏽🩷

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_interference

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There have been several assassination attempts, my baby girl was born, she’s in the NICU, threat is still active, God is with us, we will prevail. ✊🏽🗽

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Recently I receive the question a lot, why I’m not Nostr first, or whatever that’s supposed to mean.

I went to MIT two years ago and at a debate at the MIT Media Lab about new laws for media and content distribution and decentralized alternatives hosted by a Harvard professor and professor Sandy Pentland, I pushed back and lobbied for Nostr.

For over two years I have been on Nostr, when it just started and it was almost deserted and nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcjt4jxf was answering everyone. I missed Nostrica and Nostrasia, because of work and obligation to my team and their families. But still went to and supported all Nostr events at all the conferences. Only for those same people to ignore me when we needed Nostr in Suriname.

I had dinner at conferences with Nostriches that now ignore me. Built relationships with people I thought were friends, but have been doing nothing but stabbing me in the back for the last two years.

I organized a Nostr conference on my own with 0 support from those same people. nostr:nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcxws9fy nostr:nprofile1qqst68senq8zey0xm3jhaykz2a3v4zpwhynj6fteugslqdlex7ydaygprpmhxue69uhhwetvvdhk6efwdehhxarj9emkjmn9qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgm8vg9l nostr:nprofile1qqstsw3gkljwt5stm9svt7htvcjlj4ffze4chkcyt4pxxj30xkgeg5qpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzemhxw309a6k6cnjv4kzumr0vdskcw358q6rs529sgs

The only person who showed up was nostr:nprofile1qqsdxm5qs0a8kdk6aejxew9nlx074g7cnedrjeggws0sq03p4s9khmqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctceupv9s and we couldn’t even reach the amount of people we could have. Heck, we almost had to cancel the whole thing after a year of work (for a measly budget for the whole thing, $20K) if Bitcoin Beach hadn’t jumped in. It was severely downscaled. Nostr is supposed to be freedom technology.

The only person who semi-helped, was nostr:nprofile1qqsr7acdvhf6we9fch94qwhpy0nza36e3tgrtkpku25ppuu80f69kfqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy0hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fwv3jhyettwfhhxuewd4jj7lal3ny

I am 1 person.. without help.

We live in a totalitarian police state. The masses are silenced. The nurses, the teachers, they’re paid $175-200 a month in salaries and if anyone talks, the government threatens them and they lose their jobs.

Political activists, indigenous, victims of rape (1 in 4, including myself) and victims of severe human rights violations have no one or where to turn to. We get threatened, beaten up or locked up without a trial or due process for years on end.

Our constitutional court is non functional thanks to our president, our courts are in the hands of the current regime and police and army are underpaid. HRF ignores us, because of some coked up hotel affair with two girls in the space. nostr:nprofile1qqszd0fjceer9003d5z7wclvvlvgxq27hx0azf5sy53ycgxxeldszkqpzemhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skcqg6waehxw309ac8junpd45kgtnxd9shg6npvchxxmmd9u6k455v sabotages me any chance she gets.

Me participating in these elections as a political activist almost cost me and my child our lives last weekend. In the hospital, I was taken off IV and left to die. While I felt my pulse plummet. And cried while I begged God to save my child’s life. It was a small group of Bitcoiners that talked me through what to do while I passed out and thought I was breathing my last breath. So forgive me, for not caring what or where my social media presence is. I use it when I feel like it. And that’s for every platform.

We develop our apps as Nostr clients, e-commerce, real estate and a decentralized exchange. nostr:nprofile1qqsp8fujhsqsh5987zj5vp667tv24xtjyzjyh997vrmxz3hhu3jn80spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgawaehxw309ahx7um5wgezuerpv4jxzmr4wdkxzcnn9e5k7tcr8h6fg was uninvited from Madeira, we were going to pitch FOSS, thanks to discussing nepotism in a private group.

There is so much centralization and unethical competition in the Bitcoin conference echo chamber/bubble fuck fest, that I skip all of them.

Because I don’t give a flying fuck about popularity.

I’m a toxic maximalist. Four years ago, I started dreaming and ideating with Obi, what a communications layer on top of the bitcoin network would look like, what a true and free internet would look like, how it would all fit together. What actual decentralization in capital markets would look like, after being sabotaged by fake maxis in El Salvador since 2019. Bet you all loooove Chivo and AlphaPoint. And how all of that worked out. So come, try, send your minions, sabotage and do your best, because I will never give up on those who need help and you will have to actually succeed in killing me.

I fight for my people and I fight for my family and my child. And if you don’t like that, you can gfy. 🫶🏽🧡🇸🇷

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I feel sad to be completely honest

🤔

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