This could have serious implications for bitcoin as it sets an alarming precedent for targeting developers and mixers including bitcoin coinjoin services.
These are open source tools, and this developer appears to have been arrested simply for writing the code. While more details could emerge, on its face this is a direct attack on personal freedoms as basic as free speech.
This is like being arrested for writing a book; for speaking truth; for inventing a tool.
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