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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