Case Timeline
Key events in the Samourai Wallet case and the broader fight for Bitcoin privacy.
- October 15, 2024
Court hears motion to dismiss
Oral arguments addressed First Amendment and statutory interpretation questions.
- July 10, 2024
Defense challenges money-transmitter designation
Defense counsel argued that non-custodial wallet software cannot constitute a money-transmitting business.
- April 25, 2024
Privacy advocates condemn charges
Civil liberties and open-source groups warned that the indictment criminalizes privacy software development.
- April 24, 2024
Samourai Wallet founders arrested
Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill were arrested and the Samourai website was seized.
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