Michael Bowsman

vol, bitcoin, 90’s techno #freesamourai

Free @Keonne @Samouraiwallet

never doom anon

we will win

[Michael Bowsman @MichaelBowsman]

The Dichotomy of Control: True Open Systems Amidst Externality Preference and the Risk of Fear

This post is in honor of and advocacy for freeing
@keonne and @SamouraiDev developers of @SamouraiWallet, an open source Bitcoin wallet that allows users to perform collaborative transactions with fellow anonymous users to privately use bitcoin.

I believe your gut response to what I just described is the civilizational scale of which way humanity trends next. If you lean towards pearl clutching, consider this post carefully.

[Max BBB @MaxBitbuybit]

Help in any way you can. Sats, retweets, prayers.

[Michael Bowsman @MichaelBowsman]

@ODELLXYZ @gofreesamourai There is only one mission in bitcoin right now

[Robert Roodhouse @RRoodhouse]

This.

For writing a software— a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet.

The #Bitcoin community cannot sit quietly by as two of our developers— innocen &, persecuted men of honor.

Silence is compliance. We have no choice— we must raise our voices.

#FreeSamourai
#PardonSamourai

[ODELL @ODELLXYZ]

we still need to free samourai

https://t.co/w7DmfrOnZ5

[lauren emily @leamuirleyn]

Unfortunately @Keonne has been moved to the Oklahoma federal transfer center, and we have no idea how long he’ll be held in limbo there. He is without a mattress, forced to endure lights on 24/7, and housed alongside mixed security levels with no proper separation.

The Bureau of Prisons is supposed to uphold humane treatment standards for all inmates, even those just passing through. Basic dignity like a bed, restful darkness, and safe classification shouldn’t be optional. Why are these minimum conditions being disregarded?

@BOPDirector @OfficialFBOP @BOPDepDirector @AlephInstitute @PrisonPolicy @MichaelGSantos

[Michael Bowsman @MichaelBowsman]

@vrexec Thoughts on allocating to bitcoin?

[Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne]

Signal, as an American software company, is within its rights to object to and refuse any foreign demand that would affect its right to allow anyone to use Signal to communicate freely.

Congress should step in and help Signal protect itself and its users from foreign censors.

[Signal @signalapp]

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

https://t.co/VdWe9uhi8p

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

This is what the UK spyware proposal means.

There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.

When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).

The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.

Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.

Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.

The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.

The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.

@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
https://t.co/rbRmcUDTRu

Statement from @signalapp
https://t.co/vJILcSrs4s

@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
https://t.co/3FCi06bP77

The government announcement:
https://t.co/ynYjR3DIRo

[Free Samourai @gofreesamourai]

@pete_rizzo_ Plz share the https://t.co/5y34bDeFCw or https://t.co/uP66VH8jIx links too

It's very helpful to their cause

[burn the bridge @econoalchemist]

The only place he should be getting transferred is home.

Code is not a crime.

FREE SAMOURAI
https://t.co/4NhYinXDwH

[Keonne Rodriguez @keonne]

Update: The request for furlough has been denied.

[Michael Bowsman @MichaelBowsman]

@keonne Thinking of your safety and wellbeing 🙏🏻

[Keonne Rodriguez @keonne]

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

[Michael Bowsman @MichaelBowsman]

@Bill_Gerrard Best thing I’ll read all day

[Liberty Libations @LibertyLibation]

The legal system treats non-custodial crypto entities differently than banks. @keonne @leamuirleyn @SamouraiWallet #freesamourai #cryptoprisoners #hodl #privacymatters #libationnation #drinkandbefree #Bitcoin #OpenSource #Crypto

[Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️ @rstormsf]

I hate asking for money. But that’s how the system works.

Legal defense isn’t free, and I need the community’s help to keep fighting.

Please donate, share, or retweet → https://t.co/lx9E4ILDrn

Until this case is dismissed, building DeFi - protocols, UIs, tooling carries real legal risk for everyone in this space. The outcome here affects all of us.

[Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️ @rstormsf]

@rleshner congrats Robert! 1M well earned 🙌 On a serious note - I’m facing my second trial and the legal costs are real. Would love your help spreading the word and fundraising. An RT from an “influencer” with 1M followers could go a long way 😄🙏

[Michael Bowsman @MichaelBowsman]

@chribjel Maybe it’s a me issue and I desperately want open source models and sovereign compute, but holy fk are they woefully inadequate compared to the best surveilled corporate closed ones.