2025-11-20
Writing open-source software is not a crime... code is speech, and speech is protected by the First Amendment. If President Trump truly cares about freedom and making America the Bitcoin superpower of the world, then he should PARDON the Samourai Wallet developers.
Bloomberg
A US judge sentences William Lonergan Hill, who co-founded crypto mixer Samourai Wallet, to four years in prison for laundering $200M+ in illegal transactions
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2024-03-15
@nayibbukele Pretty incredible to see a President tweeting about #Bitcoin nation state self-custody 👏 It's no wonder Bitcoiners feel welcome in El Salvador 🇸🇻
CoinDesk
El Salvador moved 5,689.68 BTC, “a big chunk” or ~$400M worth, into a cold wallet this week; public trackers had estimated El Salvador had less than 3,000 BTC
The Central American nation moved $400 million in BTC into a cold storage wallet this week.
2024-01-10
@Safety @SECGov The people in charge of “protecting investors” and “regulating” #Bitcoin can't even protect their own X account with basic 2FA... What a joke.
CNBC
X confirms the @SECGov account was compromised and says “the compromise was not due to any breach of X's systems” and that the account didn't have 2FA enabled
- X said late Tuesday it has completed a preliminary probe into the compromised account of the U.S. Securities … Source: @safety .
@Safety @SECGov The people in charge of “protecting investors” and “regulating” #Bitcoin can't even protect their own X account with basic 2FA... What a joke.
CoinDesk
An X post from US SEC Chair Gary Gensler says that the @SECGov's “twitter account was compromised”, and that the agency has not approved spot bitcoin ETFs
The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, “was compromised,” the regulator told CoinDesk.
2023-06-27
Dear @Apple, I have never used @damusapp to pay for or unlock digital content. I have never used Damus to purchase (or sell) anything at all. Tips/donations are NOT associated with receiving digital content in any way. All content on #nostr is FREE. Please fix your mistake. https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Decentralized social media app Damus says Apple rejected an app update and told the company to remove its tipping feature or use Apple's in-app purchase system
Damus, a decentralized social networking app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to Apple's strict payment rules.
2023-06-14
Hey @Apple, users on @damusapp are not “receiving content from digital content creators.” The content is posted on #nostr via many clients, & is completely FREE for everyone. Users are not “paying for the content” — nothing is being “purchased.” Please correct your mistake. https://twitter.com/...
Blockworks
After Apple threatened an App Store delisting, Nostr-based social media app Damus says Apple requires removing bitcoin tipping on posts but not on user profiles
Damus creator William Casarin told his followers on the app that Apple would allow zaps, just with a slight tweak