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A Further Crackdown On Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists
The charges brought against Samourai Wallet’s founders could be part of an international effort to limit Bitcoin privacy-preserving technologies, which would hurt those who need these technologies the most.
Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet that also serves as a mixer, with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
Many, including activists and human rights defenders, spoke out about the significance of this legal action soon after the news broke.
A monumentally bad day for privacy on the internet
The implications of this are so dire
A real “before and after” moment https://t.co/ou6CgT9E0T— Alex Gladstein
