Prominent Bitcoin advocates and a Washington think tank urge President Biden to pardon Samourai Wallet developers, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, who were sentenced to prison for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The case raises concerns about the blurring line between software publishers and financial institutions, potentially stifling innovation in privacy-focused Bitcoin tools. A petition with over 3,200 signatures supports the pardon, questioning the optics of previous crypto-related pardons.
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