LaurentMT
@LaurentMT
Followers
9K
Following
20K
Media
3K
Statuses
21K
#FreeSamourai//bitcoin, privacy, data analysis&dataviz//PGP: 0x345E2391D49D8B9D91350A4CFBF6A58C8//"Idiot, outright dishonest and extremely incompetent"
Paris
Joined April 2009
😬 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,
courtlistener.com
Memorandum in Opposition to Motion
7
11
43
I heard the reason the FBI HRT squad thought it necessary to do a predawn raid complete with MRAP, drones, full tactical gear, with laser sights targeted on my chest was due to us having a dog The dog in question… #freesamourai
2
8
31
The Samurai Wallet sentencing is terrible. I am working on it. I am working on a LOT of these cases. I need Bitcoiners to flex their influence right now. You need to make calls to the admin. We will not win this in woke courts. We can win in the Whitehouse.
32
135
716
Samourai Wallet dev sentenced to 5 years. Insane. Here's a clip of Chris Blec's podcast chat with him where Blec asked him if was worried about possibly going to jail.
🚨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
1
7
12
I fucking despise people who keep saying Samourai had it coming because of their rhetoric. I asked Keonne once if he's not afraid about getting in troubles with the state because of what he says. He said "No, we have a freedom of speech in the First Amendment and staying silent
13
53
280
For Bitcoiners who upset about the Samourai Wallet outcome, this is our best shot going forward. @RealAngelaMc was one of the main driving forces behind the Ross pardon, so please reach out with any support you can give 👇🏼
The Samurai Wallet sentencing is terrible. I am working on it. I am working on a LOT of these cases. I need Bitcoiners to flex their influence right now. You need to make calls to the admin. We will not win this in woke courts. We can win in the Whitehouse.
7
43
223
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.” ― Voltaire This is why pseudonymity on the internet is important. We need to stop normalizing identity checkpoints for free thought.
23
140
593
Writing code shouldn’t carry a harsher sentence than laundering millions.
reason.com
If fairness in the justice system depends on wealth or political value, we’ve missed the point of justice entirely.
5
89
266
Judge Denise Cote sentenced Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez to the maximum five years in prison on Nov 6, 2025, for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Here’s what we found about her background 🧵
18
47
279
💥NEW: THE ANTI-PRIVACY CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT Tying privacy services to criminal money laundering, the DOJ is furthering a narrative that onchain privacy, and financial privacy more generally, are inherently criminal. By @davidzmorris 👇 https://t.co/fZmpoZtfxr
therage.co
The DOJ is prosecuting two brothers for cryptocurrency activity under a new application of wire fraud law.
1
17
58
Today in "Filters Work and Karma is a Bitch" 😅 https://t.co/VVTpClB6fJ
story time. the recently disclosed nutshell cashu mint vulnerability is as ironic as it gets. it’s very similar to an inscription which is hilarious. as per the cashu spec, a HTLC must have a preimage witness size of 32 bytes. unfortunately, the mint never checked the size
0
0
5
The Government’s sentencing memorandum on Keonne and William is absolute and pure insanity. First of all, throughout the entire sentencing memorandum, there seems to be close to no mention of the developers conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitter, which is what the
🚨NEW: US GOVERNMENT SEEKS MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR SAMOURAI WALLET DEVELOPERS "I co-founded a software company to develop tools that could provide the anonymity necessary to make Bitcoin work as intended," Hill tells the court. Full story👇 https://t.co/rY0GaSvDSD
14
71
259
🚨NEW: US GOVERNMENT SEEKS MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR SAMOURAI WALLET DEVELOPERS "I co-founded a software company to develop tools that could provide the anonymity necessary to make Bitcoin work as intended," Hill tells the court. Full story👇 https://t.co/rY0GaSvDSD
therage.co
"I co-founded a software company to develop tools that could provide the anonymity necessary to make Bitcoin work as intended," Hill tells the court.
82
154
558
Whoa, so USA prosecutors are charging someone with a crime because of the behavior of their Ethereum validators? Crazy! I read the entire Coin Center "friend of the court" brief:
courtlistener.com
LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke from Tami Stark dated October 31, 2025 re: Leave to File Amicus Brief in Support of Defendants . Document filed by Anton Peraire-Bueno, James...
0
29
188
Too much spam on the blockchain? Need a filter for viewing transactions? Bithypha now supports filters for transaction viewing. For now you can filter by: - Min or max Bitcoin amount - Only view incoming or outgoing transactions - Number of inputs in the transaction - Number of
0
3
12
The paper shows how wallet queries (e.g., @ElectrumWallet, @MetaMask, @phantom) leak user IPs to a passive adversary capable of monitoring network traffic via side-channel analysis (timing attacks and packet sizes). Read it here:
arxiv.org
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services have become a primary gateway for users to access public blockchains. While they offer significant convenience, RPC services also introduce critical privacy...
0
2
4
Et voilà. Le PS et le RN viennent de s'allier pour voter un ISF qui inclue la crypto. Le bullrun peut maintenant commencer pour une max pain assurée. 😂
1
0
1