My God. These guys weren't even arraigned yet. Way to stand up for your principles. This might be worse than I thought.
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My guess is that part of the reason could be that the Whirlpool client was connecting to Samourai servers that have now been seized by the US government.
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Oh hey your comment made it into the article! You're famous!
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Okay. That would change things.
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Remember all those xpubs Samourai collected?
If you used Whirlpool in the past I would assume those UTXOs have no privacy.
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Ouch it stings…
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I wonder how? Isn't that the sad reality?
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This is what I was thinking yesterday. I bet Craig Raw got no sleep last night!
Fees have been high, so perhaps not too many were in the middle of mixing utxos
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Hmm yeah great points. What will happen going forward?
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bitcoiners will figure it out. Plus this DOJ action reeks of desperation.
Pure Government F. U. D.
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