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308 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 OP 25 Apr \ parent \ on: Samourai Indictment Is Bad News For The Lightning Network bitcoin

I'm going to keep running my node. Don't shoot the messenger. This case has to be challenged.

265 sats \ 2 replies \ @jgbtc 25 Apr

It's the big LSPs that need to be worried. They are easy targets. The government is doing a great job of keeping bitcoin/lightning decentralized.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 25 Apr

The government is doing a great job of keeping bitcoin/lightning decentralized.

Or splitting it (the bearish case).

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 25 Apr

The silver lining

135 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 25 Apr

You are worried / scared too much. Is exactly what they want... the fear of the people. They feed from it.

124 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 25 Apr

I'm not changing my behavior at all. It's good to face your attackers with clear eyes.

186 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 25 Apr

I sincerely don't give a shit about the case. For me is a clear sting operation from day one. Check this #518276

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @random_ 25 Apr

Please explain more your second sentence.

353 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 25 Apr

Not sure if you studied enough the Silk Road case. This is similar to it. Gov agencies were using Ross from the beginning, and now that's why they put him in jail for life so he cannot talk.

Gov agencies create "a problem", then wait for the reaction/evolving etc, then come up with a "solution".

I am suspicious that samourai team was involved from day one in this operation, helping gov agencies for years to accumulate data, create tools and also create the false impression of "privacy". They are capable to do that and also the meanings.

Now, I do not have enough information about the samourai guys being involved, but even if they weren't involved, they could be used as patsies. We do not have enough information but is possible.

This whole case stinks...

The goal is to hit hard in Bitcoin community. They want Bitcoin to be a "compliant token" run by ETFs.

Check this: https://fxtwitter.com/Thebitcoinway_/status/1783409225697317000

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Nuttall 25 Apr

I believe that this is correct. Maybe the names and faces are incorrect but THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS ARE THE SAME GUYS in the Hegelian Dialectic.

In my case I have to act with action that I think is correct and avoid contact or action with players who seek to trap via machinations. You can do a little over think. Or I can. We should do good work that is helpful and not harmful. Bitcoin is good work. Lightning is good work. Privacy is good work. Evil is the work of central planners.