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Federal Prison for Writing Code

• manithree 9mo ago
  Samourai wallet has been on HN several times, but this interview with the creator just before he goes to prison for writing open source code is very interesting.
• rawgabbit 9mo ago
  https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-samourai-wallet-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-sentenced-five-and-four-years https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-samourai-walle... The government claims he knowingly promoted his software to launder dirty bitcoin.
  • manithree 9mo ago
    Which is debatable, but not illegal. SCOTUS has said so multiple times.
    • rawgabbit 9mo ago
      It would be interesting if this case goes to the Supreme Court.
• ydlr 9mo ago
  I'm a little confused. Was this code he released that allowed others to run a mixing service, or was it a mixing service ran by this guy, or is it some kind of distributed mixing service that cannot be controlled by anyone?