LegalCase Updates
The Indictment: What the Samourai Case Means for Bitcoin Privacy
A breakdown of the charges against the Samourai Wallet developers and why privacy advocates are watching closely.
Editorial Team
Investigative Editorial & Advocacy
Defending Bitcoin Privacy, Open Source, and Due Process
Tracking the Free Samourai case and its implications for cryptocurrency regulation, software freedom, and the right to financial privacy.
Featured
View allLatest Analysis
PrivacyTechnology
CoinJoin Is Not a Crime: A Technical Primer
CoinJoin is a collaborative Bitcoin transaction. Understanding how it works is essential to understanding the Samourai prosecution.
Privacy Research Desk
RegulationTechnology
Regulatory Overreach and the Future of Open Source
When regulators treat open-source code as a financial service, every developer becomes a potential target.
Editorial Team
Case Timeline
Full timelineCourt hears motion to dismiss
Oral arguments addressed First Amendment and statutory interpretation questions.
Defense challenges money-transmitter designation
Defense counsel argued that non-custodial wallet software cannot constitute a money-transmitting business.
Privacy advocates condemn charges
Civil liberties and open-source groups warned that the indictment criminalizes privacy software development.
Samourai Wallet founders arrested
Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill were arrested and the Samourai website was seized.
Stay Informed
Get case updates, legal analysis, and privacy news delivered to your inbox.