Samourai Wallet Founder Writes From Prison Asking Bitcoin Community For Help — Family Is Out Of Options
Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of shuttered Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai, is serving a 60-month federal prison sentence and has appealed to the Bitcoin community for donations to cover $2+ million in legal debt, signaling that presidential pardon hopes have effectively ended. The case raises critical questions about developer liability for non-custodial software tools and the scope of U.S. money transmission enforcement.
