We need everyone to sign Keonne’s petition immediately. July 4th is approaching and his freedom depends on our voices! Please sign and share to remind the @WhiteHouse.
https://t.co/0w6dvSmCwD
#PardonKeonne@CoinCenter@bitcoinpolicy
@Pirat_Nation Destiny 2 was absolute trash, they should have keep going with god tier halo instead of selling it for people who have zero love for the game.
They better not miss next shot or reputation will be gone.
✅ New BasicSwap and SMSG Releases
Over the course of June 2026, we've shipped a series of releases (v0.16.3 through v0.16.6) to harden the platform.
As such, while not a mandatory consensus update, we strongly recommend all users to update now.
https://t.co/rTrAuBS4WP
Installing and configuring BasicSwap couldn't be easier using @ofrnxmr's bash script ✨
Includes all the most recent bells and whistles, including light/remote wallet config, Tor, etc.
As close as you can get from a plug and play solution.
https://t.co/YodiYfKq0K
Installing @BasicSwapDEX is only difficult if you're trying to use it on Windows. See the video below 💁♀️
PS: Update your existing installs ASAP, and be sure to ALWAYS update if you see an in-app notification (just run `bsx-update` if you used the script install)
Hello all,
On Friday I got news that I am to be transferred to a new institution. I will no longer be an inmate at FPC Morgantown. I am a little disappointed because this is a nice place (for a prison) and my wife can visit easily. For security reasons they do not tell you where you are going but I am hopeful that it won't be too far from home. I was told to be ready to "pack out" on Monday or Tuesday - it is very likely I will be leaving on Wednesday - so I spent the weekend getting ready to leave. It is amazing how much stuff you accrue in such a short period of time, it has been nearly 6 months since I arrived here. I expect they will call me down to "R&D" (receiving and discharge) where they will inspect my belongings to make sure there is no contraband and I am not taking anything unauthorized and pack them away in a box or two that they will ship to my new institution.
As for "shipping" me, it is very likely that I will be flown out to the central transit prison hub in Oklahoma before I am then flown onward to wherever they are putting me. Yes, Con-air is a real thing. Needless to say going through transit (Oklahoma) is a real nightmare. You can be stuck there from 1 day to several weeks, you're around all kinds of prisoners of all different security levels. No one looks forward to Oklahoma - myself included. There is the slightest possibility of avoiding the transit nightmare. On Friday after I got word I submitted a formal request (a "cop out" in BOP lingo) to the CMC (case manager coordinator) here at the institution. I requested that they allow me to perform what is called a 'transfer furlough' which means instead of the BOP spending upwards of $10,000 to fly me across the country several times my wife can come pick me up and drop me off at my new location at my own cost. Transfer furloughs are rare of course, but the CMC didn't reject it outright, he promised to take it up the chain of command and let me know. So while I am not expecting it, there is the slightest glimmer of possibility that they allow it. Considering that I have had no incident reports, that i self surrendered, that I had no issue on pre-trial supervision for nearly 2 years, etc, all makes a compelling case that I can be trusted to self transfer. So here is to hoping for the best.
I will let you know where I will be once I know where I will be.
All the best,
Keonne
This beauty is thanks to @RoninDojoNode, a open node project.
Probably this would never have happened if people like @keonne and @SamouraiDev hadn’t started building a privacy wallet.
Never forget who is building and who put their freedom at risk because of it.
#FreeSamourai
@PerpetualCow@HyperliquidX You don't need to make things "clear for us" man, they already are crystal clear.
Thanks for saving us all from DPRK missiles tho, what an humanist you are bahahaha
mfka wrote a book
> What actually is decentralization?
some examples: Bitcoin, Monero
> A common criticism I get is that "WAGYU ISN'T DECENTRALIZED!!"
It isn't.
> YES WAGYU IS DECENTRALIZED.
Comedian
> Wagyu's matching is decentralized on @HyperliquidX, the orderbook and settlement is on-chain.
HL isnt even really decentralized
> The only aspect that isn't decentralized is the XMR custody.
🤯 .. so.. the main aspect
> It's the only component that CANNOT be made trustle
nonsense
> Wagyu uses the same model as every wrapped asset in crypto.
$WBTC is custodied by @BitGo
right. None of these are decentralized.
> The "fully decentralized" protocols aren't "fully decentralized" either.
BasicSwap is as decentralized as a blockchain.
> All the L2s (@arbitrum, @base, @Optimism) run centralized sequencers.
why keep comparing yourself to known centralized projects, then claiming to be different?
> After the @KelpDAO exploit, the Arbitrum Security council froze over 30,000 ETH on Arbitrum, a supposed "decentralized" L2.
about as decentralized as wagyu
> Almost half of active LayerZero OApp contracts were running the same 1/1 config at the time of attack, nobody called LayerZero centralized before that.
> @aave, @MakerDAO (now @SkyEcosystem), @Uniswap, @LidoFinance all have multisigs that can upgrade contracts or pause everything.
> You cannot run these protocols safely without one.
mhmm
> Perps trading DEXs like @DriftProtocol and even @HyperliquidX all rely on centralized keepers, off-chain matching or both as well as multisigs.
yes
> Every one of the above markets as decentralized, because every one of them IS decentralized, in the components that matter.
and they are all false advertising. No better than wagyu
> If Wagyu isn't good enough, then WHAT IS?
@BasicSwapDEX
> The supposedly "pure" XMR alternatives like @bisq_network and @HavenoDEX use 2/3 multisig escrows with a human arbitrator.
Yep. And can also shut down the network
> And more importantly, they can't possibly handle the liquidity/volume that monero:native demands to bring it to the masses.
monero:native cant. Only a centralized network can.
> Atomic swaps to XMR exist but they require two online parties with sufficient liquidity to trade P2P and can take hours for a single trade.
more like 20mins, because it takes that long to unlock the locked native xmr
> There will never be a UX that competes with "deposit XMR, trade on orderbook to ETH and withdraw"
nonsense
> If Wagyu isn't good enough, then what is?
@BasicSwapDEX (doesnt have eth yet)
> The comparison isn't Wagyu vs some imagined fully-trustless XMR perps platform that doesn't exist and CAN'T EXIST.
@BasicSwapDEX has nothing to do with perps, but is fully decentralized and does exist
> It's Wagyu vs Binance/Kraken and every centralized instant swap service. Those are FULLY CENTRALIZED with ZERO layers of decentralization.
binance smart chain is about as decentralized as wagyu (its not decentralized)
> If you can't see that Wagyu is dramatically more decentralized than anything else available on the market, you're delusional.
nonsense
> This is the best compromise for XMR to get real liquidity and real volume while keeping the rest of the stack as decentralized as possible.
its just a centralized platform cosplaying as a dex. Call a spade, a spade
> The one component that requires trust is the one component that CANNOT be made trustless.
backwards. The one component that is fully centralized is the only component that was actually decentralized before you took custody of it
> Wagyu is already #2 exchange for XMR after only a few months live with nearly $300m in volume done.
I believe you /s
> By far the best place to trade in and out of XMR right now, and the only one that doesn't require you to hand your coins to a CEX.
wagyu = same thing
> If you're against Wagyu then you're against the growth of Monero.
lol 💀
> YES WAGYU IS DECENTRALIZED.
bahahaha
While the Tor Project seeks ongoing community support, it has remained silent on #FreeSamourai.
This stands in contrast to @SamouraiWallet ‘s history as a strong supporter, including a $50,000 donation and native Tor integration across its tools.
#pardonsamourai
A dev went to jail for writing Bitcoin code.
I chatted with his wife, Lauren @leamuirleyn at @TheBitcoinConf in Las Vegas and she held nothing back.
Watch. Share. Sign the petition. #FreeSamourai
This affects every developer in America.
This absolutely breaks my heart. @keonne and Bill wrote free software that allowed free individuals to privately transact.
They’re now in jail. Put there by people more concerned with getting a win on their record so they could move up the political ladder than about the truth or the law.
Lawfare. That’s what it’s called. They don’t have to prove you broke the law. They just have to bleed you until you’re broke.
@keonne and Bill wrote free software for free individuals. There were no victims. There was no crime.
I am writing from FPC Morgantown prison in West Virginia. It has been about 5 months since I first surrendered myself in December, and I will be honest, the prospect of a Presidential pardon is very low. There was some hope during the Bitcoin 2026 conference, but that has now come and gone, and one must come to terms with the fact that I am simply a federal prisoner without money, power, or influence, and I will serve my full sentence. It will be years before I can even attempt to rebuild my life. Which is why I am now writing this appeal to you all now. Things are dire and we need your help.
Lauren and I need your help desperately. More than ever before. We have over $2 Million of debt due to legal fees. We have a $250k fine the judge levied against us. Every day I get letters and calls from anxious lawyers looking to be paid. Or the DOJ demanding I start making payments on my fine. Perhaps it was denial or delusion, but I had hoped to do what I have always done and dig myself out of this hole myself - but with the reality of serving a full sentence that is not possible. I hate to ask for your help in this way but we are entirely out of options. We need to pay off these legal bills and other debts accrued attempting to defend myself. We desperately need your help. Now.
For 10 years Bill and I built and published open source code and tools for Bitcoin users. Those same tools and code are what the government says were criminal. The tools and code still exist, they are out there right now and always will be. The creators however are locked away in Federal prison. The creators are the ones whose lives have been decimated. The creators are the ones who have been financially wiped out. The creators are the ones who desperately need you now. Please donate whatever you can to bc1qtjjcvn98wh7dfd55m8kxhjcfexanttwt8gtan8 . We have to get this albatross from around our neck.
Samourai had well over 100,000 users. These users pushed over 2 billion dollars through our open source tools. We need those users and any bitcoiner who appreciates the work that we put into this industry for over a decade to help us now. Please donate whatever you can to bc1qtjjcvn98wh7dfd55m8kxhjcfexanttwt8gtan8 right now.
If you require a private address please DM my wife @leamuirleyn and she will provide one. Please do not delay. Time is of the essence. Please help us.
- Keonne
@BasicSwapDEX has the best dex rates for buying for selling XMR
see some rate comparisons between retoswap, bisq, eigenwallet, and basicswap here: https://t.co/DxAGeytole
(note that for retoswap you need to add 0.5% to the listed rate, and that the "best" rates on retoswap have min purchase of 10xmr. Basicswap is 0.2xmr)
Announcing the Monero Shame List! This is a collab between myself and @MonericaProject. On this site, we will document any privacy focused project that needs to improve their financial privacy by adding support for Monero. You can also submit your own finds. Check it out here: https://t.co/7h87IQVVjL
The beta stressnet software has been released!
The second testnet (beta stressnet) for Full-Chain Membership Proofs (FCMP++) and CARROT will go live on May 6!
We implore the Monero community to participate in testing and to report issues in order to ensure a smooth transition!