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Code is speech.
The DOJ wants to criminalize writing open-source software.
If this stands, every developer is next.
Free Roman Storm.
Donate to his legal defense 👇
https://t.co/FyPUZ85Oo6
#CodeIsSpeech #FreeRomanStorm #PrivacyIsNotACrime
The Roman Storm (me) case is exactly this. DOJ’s theory: publishing code = operating a money transmitting business. If that theory survives, every open source dev writing code is exposed.
I’m facing decades in prison. Second trial starts in October.
Prosecutors said in court that I should have withdrawn from making open source code
“Privacy is not a crime. Open source is not a conspiracy. Writing software is not the same as committing the acts of those who misuse it.” — Roman Storm
Free Roman Storm
#FreeRomanStorm #PrivacyIsNotCrime #CodeIsSpeech #EndCryptoWar
If you want to help me bring my son Keonne Rodriguez home for July 4th, please take 30 seconds to sign his official petition. Every single signature shows the White House that the community demands justice. Please sign and share: https://t.co/mYtfcamN3S #CodeIsSpeech
Thank you so much for the support, @Free_Ross As a mother fighting for my son Keonne, knowing you are standing with us gives me so much strength. We are pushing hard for his July 4th pardon. 🙏🏼❤️ #CodeIsSpeech
Thank you for the support, @rstormsf As a mother watching my son Keonne navigate this unjust system, your solidarity means the world to our family. We are fighting hard for his July 4th pardon push. Holding the line with you. 🙏🏼❤️ #CodeIsSpeech
To my brothers and sisters, a call to action..
Please stand with the families of the Samourai Wallet developers.
These men built privacy tools in a world that grows more hostile to privacy by the day.
Now their families are carrying the weight of a fight they never asked for, while the machine tries to turn builders into criminals and make an example out of those who dared to defend financial sovereignty.
Privacy is not a crime. Code is not a confession. Building tools for free men is not an act of evil.
Support their families. Help them endure the fire. Because when the state comes for the builders of privacy, it is not only their door being kicked in.
It is a warning shot aimed at every sovereign soul who still believes human beings have the right to transact, speak, build, and exist without being watched like cattle.
Stand with them.
Proof of work is not just mining. Sometimes it is standing beside the men who built the tools when the world turns cold.
Sign the pardon petition, and donate.
https://t.co/YcYVG9Ui6U
Courts have repeatedly held that code has 1A protections.
California charging Gatalog for publishing 3D gun files is an attempt to relitigate that by prosecution.
Constitutional protections don't evaporate when they make the State uncomfortable
#CodeIsSpeech
California has filed a lawsuit against The Gatalog and CTRLPew for "making computer code and instructions for producing over 150 different designs of lethal firearms and prohibited firearm accessories available to anyone with access to the Internet": https://t.co/GOMVECQDZG
4/ Historically, US courts have protected software as speech: Bernstein v. US (1999) confirmed cryptography code can be First Amendment-protected. But functional tools crossing certain lines can face regulation. #CodeIsSpeech
💜#FreeSpeech Wednesdays
Is Bitcoin free speech?
It’s open-source code. It's uncensorable money. It's protest in digital form.
⚡Article on Nostr https://t.co/TtarcVypSl
#Bitcoin #btcnairobi #CodeIsSpeech #CensorshipResistance
Crypto isn’t just about money.
It’s about resisting epistemic capture.
Decentralization of value must come with decentralization of narrative.
Not everything needs a permissioned truth.
#DecentralizedTruth #Web3 #OpenSociety #CodeIsSpeech 📡
No hay libertad financiera sin privacidad.
No hay descentralización sin resistencia.
Hoy más que nunca:
#FreeRomanStorm
#CodeIsNotACrime
#FreeRogerVer
#FREESAMOURAI
#CodeIsSpeech
A no ser que lo atrasen de nuevo (porque tienen casi 1 año posponiendolo), el juicio de Roman Storm se llevará a cabo en Manhattan este próximo LUNES 14 de JULIO, 2025
https://t.co/YZqMHFrrNC
Roman Storm never committed a crime, he wrote code. This is a First Amendment issue. #CodeIsSpeech #FreeRomanStorm
🚨SCOOP: Our exclusive interview with @rstormsf drops tomorrow morning.
With just two weeks until his trial begins in the Southern District of New York, the @TornadoCash founder breaks his silence on the DOJ’s case in his first podcast interview since being indicted.
Stay tuned — this one’s gonna be big. 🎙️
He wrote code. That’s it. Now @rstormsf will possibly face 45 years in prison. If this case stands, the First Amendment falls. This isn’t just about Tornado Cash. It’s about criminalizing open source. #SaveDeFi #FreeRoman #CodeIsSpeech
😔💔 I’m Roman Storm. I poured my soul into Tornado Cash—software that’s non-custodial, trustless, permissionless, immutable, unstoppable. In 31 days, I face trial. The DOJ wants to bury DeFi, saying I should’ve controlled it, added KYC, never built it. SDNY is trying to crush me, blocking every expert witness. If I lose, DeFi dies with me. The dream of financial freedom, the code I believed in—it all fades into darkness. I’m fighting, but the weight is unbearable. This isn’t just my end; it’s ours. 🪦 #SaveDeFi #TornadoCash
https://t.co/IYqXdqjQ4r
@Ashcryptoreal Echoes resound through digital silence, a whisper becomes a revolution. 🚀
When backups are your only hope,
you've already taken the first step.
#DecentralizedFuture #CodeIsSpeech
#pdai is the being treated the exact same way #hex has been treated with the greater market.
The same people who cry about censorship with hex also censor #pdai which is doing the same thing that is done to them. Make it make sense.
#freedomofspeech #codeisspeech
You see that? WE ARE THE NETWORK! We need eye balls! Get to work but remember that you’re solely working for yourselves without expectations of profit from the work of others! #PulseChain can’t be stopped! What are you waiting for? Lolz.
| $HEX | #CodeIsSpeech | #FreedomOfSpeech
Apparently there's a contest with prizes going on right now. The answer to your dreams is marketing. Promotions positively pressure price performance. I wish Satoshi sent me a letter letting me know about Bitcoin in 2008. Please peruse potential prose: https://t.co/r7YhOPGRCg
Marketing tips for anything: Compelling headline. i.e. [] did X price in Y days! What's in it for me? Benefits not features. Call to action. Limited time offer. People make decisions emotionally and then justify them logically. Emotion is prioritized over logic in most people. You have to tell them EXACTLY what you want them to do and why they should do it right now.
Brain storm of of possible benefits & features, quite a extensive list really:
Permissionless
Begging permission and being a bitch to others that don't care about you.
Censorship resistance
Canadian truckers
Wikileaks
Operation chokepoint and chokepoint 2.0
Price
Get rich
Giving the little man a chance
Removing middlemen
Beating inflation
Protecting your savings
Having a uncorrelated asset
Being early
Limited supply
Passive income
Staking, LP, farming, time locking,
Free money airdrops
Derisking to stable coin without a bank account
Tax efficiency, being able to get a loan easily online with no paperwork at all. You don't have to pay income taxes on money you borrow, so you could take loans instead of selling, without all the nasty paperwork. Beware, if the price moves against you, and you have to sell to cover, you may have a bad time. (WARNING I'm not an accountant and taxes are hard to understand, so act on these ideas at your own risk.)
Use cases
Replacing gold as store of value
Getting around capital controls. List of countries with capital controls:
Access to Funds in Crisis Situations: Emphasize the ability to access and use cryptocurrency even if traditional banking infrastructure is disrupted.
International remittances (volume, exchange rates, fees)
Reduces War, because wars are funded through inflation
Financial inclusion
Banking the unbanked and underbanked
You ever notice how there's less and less ATMs every year? And less and less bank branches?
Microfinance
Financial Lifeline in Crisis: "Access your funds even when banks are closed or ATMs are empty."
Environment
No armored truck robberies.
No giant bank buildings full of people sitting around
No one dying mining gold
Energy efficiency
Efficiency
The only thing that matters is goods and services
everything else is just accounting. Crypto does accounting better. It's more transparent and more reliable.
Reliability
Trusting math over men
Better uptime
Your banks website has gone done. Your credit cards have stopped working occasionally.
Systemic risks
Decentralized systems may be less prone to catastrophic failures due to central points of failure.
Business
Very fast transactions
Lower fees
Access global markets
Supply chain tracking and transparency (I don't like this one)
You don't have to open a merchant account and you can't be charged back.
Finality
Fees
Micropayments
AI can use it
Loyalty programs
Affinity programs
Incentive programs
Affiliate Marketing
Transparent, blockchain-based affiliate programs ensure fair compensation and reduce fraud.
Identity
You can login to things without making a new account, you can use the keys you already made to create a crypto address. If you login using a google or facebook password, and they turn off your account, you won't be able to login anymore.
Availability
Globally Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Security
Time stamping
Open source and transparent
Disaster Recovery & Data Persistence
Privacy
Visa and Mastercard spying on you
Visa and mastercard making everyone pay a few percent more
Then know who your friends are because they know who pays for food next to you.
Features
Programmable money
Industries it can impact
Banking
Offshore banking
Payments
Savings
Stocks
Tokenization of securities
Funding
Crowdfunding
Prediction markets
Margin trading
Lending
Gambling
Lotteries
Enhancing Voting Systems
Blockchain can secure voting records, ensuring transparency and integrity in electoral processes.
Streamlining Real Estate Transactions
Tokenization and smart contracts simplify property transactions, reducing costs and increasing transparency.
Unlocking Idle Capital
DeFi platforms can put idle assets to work, allowing users to earn interest or provide liquidity, maximizing the utility of their holdings.
Immutable Records for Legal Compliance and auditing
Markets
Liquidity aggregation
Decentralized liquidity combined for centralized efficiency.
Art, NFTs, royalties
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Transactions & IoT Integration
Self-Sovereign Identity & Digital Reputation
Decentralized Governance & Decision-Making
I don't like all these, but many people do.
One should take ones own advice. I want you to visit the website now and consider promoting what you care about or winning some easy prize money. Note: I don't have anything to do with the website or the promotion. I don't work for you, I have never worked for you and I will never work for you. It's a good thing everything works best that way!
P.S. Most people's headlines truly suck. Ask yourself, what in this headline do I actually care about at? I think headlines based on potential murder headlines about features. A feature is not a benefit! 6 gigahertz processor is a feature. Loads games faster and gives you the edge of your opponents is a benefit. Translate features into benefits!
Cryptocurrency is the best performing asset in this history of man kind and millions of people have made life changing wealth with it. Why invest in anything with less potential? Don't you deserve the best? Don't your kids?
It's also good to include the risks that the volatility is wild, everyone is trying to part you from your private keys, scammers and centralized services, etc. Don't risk more than you can afford to lose. Past performance is no guarantee of future. Scammers also launch things that go to $0 on purpose or accident, even non scammers build things that fail entirely sometimes. Cutting edge technology sometimes makes you bleed. Imposter websites and fake bridges, with paid ads promoting them. Caveat emptor.
P.P.S. Just buying ETH somewhere like Coinbase and then figuring out the bridge later enhances the chances someone gets their free wet instead of analysis paralysis and missing out. Too many options paralyzes people. Example get feet wet path: Get ETH at @Coinbase Install wallet, bridge, swap.
Great podcast with @DouglasTuman on @MoneroTalk this morning.
https://t.co/EP3hdm3WNg
We discussed a trio of criminal cases that every dev should be paying attention to right now:
Bitcoin Fog
Samourai Wallet
Tornado Cash
#CodeIsSpeech
#PrivacyIsNormal
#FreeRoman
Users! Who else is HEXcited for thee SEC v RH motion to dismiss hearing this October 31st? Lolz
| $HEX | #PulseChain | #CodeIsSpeech |
Had a new suit made for the hearing.
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