207 sats \ 5 replies \ @Coinsreporter 17 Jun \ on: Ramifications Of A Samourai Plea Bargain bitcoin
We need a strong defense for Bitcoiners. We actually need some type of pool or federation or a trust that will be readily available to defend genuine Bitcoiners.
I always listen some voices for a fund to safeguard Bitcoiners when some bitcoiner is forced into jail. But in a matter of a few days, all become silent.
For this purpose, I would suggest that we create a trust or organisation to defend Bitcoiners in the lawsuits. There should be only one condition that 'only those will be defended who are genuine and who are a member of the Bitcoin defenders trust/pool/organisation.
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That's Jack Dorsey's fund. He decides who to defend and who not to.
I mean it very differently. I want it to be an open sourced platform where people working on Bitcoin projects can join and create a pool of funds (a big pool where people can donate funds), shouldn't be under control of 1 or a few people. 'Who to defend' should also be taken unanimously. I hope you understand now...
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I do. Keep in mind one thing when you are talking about criminal defense. There are real and unresolvable conflict of interest scenarios. A criminal defense lawyer's loyalty must be to his client. It is not to those who paid the legal fees. You can see this play out when drug rings hire lawyers for their mules, mafia families for their soldiers. There is an expectation that the defendant won't hurt the organization. That is a major problem for lawyers and their clients. This was highlighted more than once in the tv show Breaking Bad. Saul wasn't very concerned with ethics.
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I haven't watched that tv show and my knowledge of legal proceedings isn't that great. But I understood your point and completely agree to it.
However, I insist that we should try to build some kind of open sourced funding/pool that will defend bitcoiners against the governments.
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That's a worthy goal.
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