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Re: Is Samourai wallet now banned from Bitcointalk?
by
FinneysTrueVision
on 25/04/2024, 06:12:24 UTC
The accusation of being an unlicensed money transmitter is frivolous and should not stand up in court. If Samourai is a money transmitter, then so is every other self-custodial wallet. The only difference between Samourai and other wallets is that coinjoin transactions are structured differently from a typical transaction by allowing multiple parties to spend together. Whether they should be banned from the forum doesn’t matter because nobody can use the whirlpool service anymore.

If coinjoin services like JoinMarket, Wabisabi, or a potential Whirlpool fork should be banned I think it would be a mistake. Coinjoining isn’t inherently criminal behavior. It is something which enhances user privacy, like using a VPN or Tor but for financial transactions.