2/ Non-custodial =/= decentralised These two concepts are conflated a lot, but in reality they are entirely different and their distinction is very important when discussing these cases. Both Tornado Cash and Samourai Whirlpool are examples of non-custodial mixers i.e. at no point in time does either entity take custody of funds which are being mixed. That said, Tornado Cash and Samourai Whirlpool are not both decentralised. Tornado is decentralised - it is built using smart contracts and there is no centralised intermediary which is required to facilitate mixing. This is why, despite the actions of the US gov, Tornado still operates to this day as it did before Roman and Alexey’s arrest. Samourai is centralised - Whirlpool relied on a centralised co-ordinator server, paid for and maintained by Rodriguez and Hill, to construct CoinJoin transactions. This server was seized by the US government which immediately halted all further Whirlpool transactions, clearly showing the single point of failure in this system. Whilst there were plans to decentralise CoinJoin co-ordination, this work had not been completed prior to the seizure and arrest of the Samourai developers.

The DOJ’s "willful blindness" playbook is turning independent clinicians into federal scapegoats. Elizabeth Hernandez—a mother of 5 & NP—is serving 20 years for a corporate scheme she never controlled. If you work in telehealth, you are at risk. Read why this case is a warning for every remote practitioner in 2026: open.substack.com/pub/eagles… @AANP_News @ANANursingWorld @TheANAMagazine @TheJusticeDept @WhiteHouse @glennkirschner2 @TheInnocence @FAMM_Now @POTUS @Comm_Justice @EstherPino50985

Roman Sterlingov is innocent. They got the wrong guy locked up on a 12.5 year sentence! He was a user of Bitcoin Fog, he never operated it. #FreeRoman Sterlingov.

Unfortunately @Keonne has been moved to the Oklahoma federal transfer center, and we have no idea how long he’ll be held in limbo there. He is without a mattress, forced to endure lights on 24/7, and housed alongside mixed security levels with no proper separation. The Bureau of Prisons is supposed to uphold humane treatment standards for all inmates, even those just passing through. Basic dignity like a bed, restful darkness, and safe classification shouldn’t be optional. Why are these minimum conditions being disregarded? @BOPDirector @OfficialFBOP @BOPDepDirector @AlephInstitute @PrisonPolicy @MichaelGSantos

Hello all, On Friday I got news that I am to be transferred to a new institution. I will no longer be an inmate at FPC Morgantown. I am a little disappointed because this is a nice place (for a prison) and my wife can visit easily. For security reasons they do not tell you where you are going but I am hopeful that it won't be too far from home. I was told to be ready to "pack out" on Monday or Tuesday - it is very likely I will be leaving on Wednesday - so I spent the weekend getting ready to leave. It is amazing how much stuff you accrue in such a short period of time, it has been nearly 6 months since I arrived here. I expect they will call me down to "R&D" (receiving and discharge) where they will inspect my belongings to make sure there is no contraband and I am not taking anything unauthorized and pack them away in a box or two that they will ship to my new institution. As for "shipping" me, it is very likely that I will be flown out to the central transit prison hub in Oklahoma before I am then flown onward to wherever they are putting me. Yes, Con-air is a real thing. Needless to say going through transit (Oklahoma) is a real nightmare. You can be stuck there from 1 day to several weeks, you're around all kinds of prisoners of all different security levels. No one looks forward to Oklahoma - myself included. There is the slightest possibility of avoiding the transit nightmare. On Friday after I got word I submitted a formal request (a "cop out" in BOP lingo) to the CMC (case manager coordinator) here at the institution. I requested that they allow me to perform what is called a 'transfer furlough' which means instead of the BOP spending upwards of $10,000 to fly me across the country several times my wife can come pick me up and drop me off at my new location at my own cost. Transfer furloughs are rare of course, but the CMC didn't reject it outright, he promised to take it up the chain of command and let me know. So while I am not expecting it, there is the slightest glimmer of possibility that they allow it. Considering that I have had no incident reports, that i self surrendered, that I had no issue on pre-trial supervision for nearly 2 years, etc, all makes a compelling case that I can be trusted to self transfer. So here is to hoping for the best. I will let you know where I will be once I know where I will be. All the best, Keonne

Hello all, On Friday I got news that I am to be transferred to a new institution. I will no longer be an inmate at FPC Morgantown. I am a little disappointed because this is a nice place (for a prison) and my wife can visit easily. For security reasons they do not tell you where you are going but I am hopeful that it won't be too far from home. I was told to be ready to "pack out" on Monday or Tuesday - it is very likely I will be leaving on Wednesday - so I spent the weekend getting ready to leave. It is amazing how much stuff you accrue in such a short period of time, it has been nearly 6 months since I arrived here. I expect they will call me down to "R&D" (receiving and discharge) where they will inspect my belongings to make sure there is no contraband and I am not taking anything unauthorized and pack them away in a box or two that they will ship to my new institution. As for "shipping" me, it is very likely that I will be flown out to the central transit prison hub in Oklahoma before I am then flown onward to wherever they are putting me. Yes, Con-air is a real thing. Needless to say going through transit (Oklahoma) is a real nightmare. You can be stuck there from 1 day to several weeks, you're around all kinds of prisoners of all different security levels. No one looks forward to Oklahoma - myself included. There is the slightest possibility of avoiding the transit nightmare. On Friday after I got word I submitted a formal request (a "cop out" in BOP lingo) to the CMC (case manager coordinator) here at the institution. I requested that they allow me to perform what is called a 'transfer furlough' which means instead of the BOP spending upwards of $10,000 to fly me across the country several times my wife can come pick me up and drop me off at my new location at my own cost. Transfer furloughs are rare of course, but the CMC didn't reject it outright, he promised to take it up the chain of command and let me know. So while I am not expecting it, there is the slightest glimmer of possibility that they allow it. Considering that I have had no incident reports, that i self surrendered, that I had no issue on pre-trial supervision for nearly 2 years, etc, all makes a compelling case that I can be trusted to self transfer. So here is to hoping for the best. I will let you know where I will be once I know where I will be. All the best, Keonne

Hayek calls Milton Friedman “still a Keynesian”

"By...inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved...the wealth of...citizens. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction... in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose." John Maynard Keynes, 1919

A former Brazilian model has claimed the first lady was an “escort” for Epstein and met the president through the notorious sex offender. thedailybeast.com/melania-na…

We sacrificed 360,000 souls to end slavery and another 250,000 souls to defeat fascism. Any moral debts were paid in blood many decades ago.

Every 50k blocks (almost 1 year) the Libbitcoin team bumps up its sync benchmark. Running on the same (now 10 yo) hardware we work to keep the benchmark milestone sync under 1 hour. After spending the last week implementing a deferred optimization... 950,000 blocks in 56.2 mins!

Keonne Rodriguez created a privacy tool. He complied with all the laws on the books. The government still locked him up. #freesamourai #bitcoin #hodl #cryptoprisoners @keonne @leamuirleyn @SamouraiWallet