🚨 BREAKING: Samourai Wallet Developer Reports to Prison Today

Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, has surrendered to federal prison to serve 5 years.

His crime? Writing privacy-focused Bitcoin code.

🧩 What happened:

• Built Samourai Wallet in 2015 (non-custodial, no user funds)

• DOJ claims it enabled $237M in illicit transactions

• Arrested April 2024 in a high-profile FBI raid

• Sentenced to the maximum term

• Reported to Morgantown Federal Prison today

⚠️ Why the crypto community is furious:

• Samourai never held customer funds

• FinCEN said it didn’t clearly qualify as a money transmitter

• Prosecution moved forward anyway

🗳️ The twist:

Trump recently said he would review the case and directed the AG to look into it — but no pardon yet.

Ross Ulbricht: Pardoned ✅

CZ (Binance): Pardoned ✅

Keonne Rodriguez: Still waiting ⏳

💡 This isn’t just one case — it’s about whether developers can be jailed for writing privacy code.