The @ethereumfndn has generously offered to match up to $500k in further donations to support Roman's legal aid. Roman risks up to 5 years of jail time if he doesn't win the appeal, and potentially decades if the government decides to retry Counts 1 & 3.

Ethereum and the entire Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress stands with @rstormsf

Very special speech will open Cypherpunk Congress: @rstormsf x https://t.co/MZICJKRjyg Developers are defending your civili liberties. They stand for your future. Support the cause. Together: https://t.co/tmQC59hroB

😬 Crypto policy shift? Really? Where exactly? 📜 Blanche memo? 🎙️ Galeotti speech? “Control, custody, decentralization matter”? For real? I see zero policy shift at DOJ. Here’s yesterday’s Rule 29 filing from SDNY: 🔗 https://t.co/ITjV08rCHV If you built a non-custodial,

The SDNY's oppo to @rstormsf's motion for acquittal makes so many mistakes(?) on how the technology actually works, but this fundamental misunderstanding of how a UI and wallet software function is the worst. They clearly gave up on arguing Storm "transferred funds on behalf of

🚨KEONNE RODRIGUEZ SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON, $250,000 FINE, 3 YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE The Samourai Wallet developer will surrender to custody on December 19th. Rodriguez has the option to appeal, Judge Cote states. Full story👇 https://t.co/UP6imPKIdc

No more ankle monitor! 🎉 I’m still grounded in the Netherlands and can’t work or travel yet, but freedom starts with small steps , like finally being able to go to the sauna again. Grateful for this progress 😌

🚨NEW: ROMAN STORM FILES MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL ON ALL COUNTS The Government failed to provide sufficient evidence of illegal conduct and would criminalize the publication of decentralized software in violation of the first amendment. Full story👇 https://t.co/JkApkwsXUV

Solana donates 500k to Roman and Alexey ✊ privacy/acc

SPI has donated $500,000 to the legal defense of Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev, the developers of Tornado Cash. Writing code is not a crime.

1/ 📰NEWS: Solana Policy Institute is donating $500,000 to the legal defense funds of @rstormsf and @alex_pertsev - two software developers who worked on @TornadoCash, a cryptocurrency privacy protocol, and now face prison time.

Urgent Open Letter to @JDVance @VP : The Roman Storm conviction threatens US crypto innovation. As a tech-savvy leader, please fix this judicial (and regulatory) error to make America the DeFi capital! Full letter below. #Crypto #DeFi #Web3

LIVE NOW - The Trial That Could Decide The Future of Crypto @jchervinsky and @amandatums join us to unpack the @rstormsf verdict—what it means for DeFi, why Section 1960 is a looming threat to open-source developers, and the strong grounds for appeal. We discuss the legal,

🚨NEW: In a joint letter to Judge Failla, prosecutors and defense in the @rstormsf case have outlined next steps after the Aug. 6 mixed verdict, which found Storm guilty on Count 2 (operating unlicensed money transmitter) while the jury could not reach a verdict on Counts 1 and 3

dude just got detained in a foreign country, had his liberty flash before his eyes, kept CT updated as it happened, got a lawyer, got out, said thank you to everyone, and then donated $500k to Roman Storm you have literally zero excuse for what ur procrastinating on rn lmaooooo

I decided to donate $500K to @rstormsf’s legal defense. Originally, we planned to give $50K, but after what happened to me, I need to take a clear position so everyone understands what @class_lambda stands for. I understand that the @ethereumfndn will be matching donations up to

Donate almost any token on 12 chains to Roman Storm on Giveth Win up to $1000 of $GIV Have your donation doubled by the EF.

Roman Storm shouldn’t be prosecuted as a money transmitter. The only function his software and servers provided is broadcasting cryptographically signed user messages without any modification. These messages could have been printed on a t-shirt. They were copied and broadcast

Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime.

The Tornado Cash verdict is in and @valkenburgh, executive director at @coincenter, helped me understand its implications. The U.S. is at a crossroads regarding P2P rights, and what happens next will determine whether Bitcoin and crypto will actually flourish here or not.

Coin Center’s Seven Takeaways from the Storm Verdict: ▪️ 1. The sole conviction—unlicensed money transmission (18 U.S.C. § 1960)—turns mainly on legal/regulatory interpretation (“does this count as money transmission?”), not jury fact-finding. ▪️ 2. The court, at the