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Board Wallet software
Re: Can what happened to Samourai Wallet happen to Electrum ?
by
AprilioMP
on 01/05/2024, 05:09:42 UTC
I don't believe things will go that far, and the reason they were shut down is that they enhance privacy for BTC users, and we all know the government is targeting any service that enhances privacy, by charging them for allowing money launderers conceal their tx's. So Electrum and some of the services you mentioned do not fall under this category, because they do not enhance privacy or make it hard to track BTC tx's.

If everything was full privacy, the government wouldn't be able to find out what they want from us. I'm not here to say that they are anti-privacy, lest I be wrong.
Samourai wallet has features that can strengthen user privacy. Because it uses Coinjoin in its mixing services, this is a strong reason for the authorities to confiscate it.

When the government targets all services that can increase privacy for money laundering reasons, then I think they don't want everything to be completely private and that's where I think they are anti-privacy. Too political an act.
I don't see that Electrum can be their target with all that Electrum has.