The situation in Jamaica remains dire in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Banking infrastructure is down and aid agencies are dragging their feet in delivering supplies. Bitcoin has become a financial lifeline for the victims of the storm, thanks in part to @dread (Link to donate in comments.) https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankcorva/2025/11/20/jamaicas-first-native-bitcoin-app-is-helping-with-hurricane-relief/

Had a blast speaking with @jack mallers at @Bitcoin Amsterdam about why hard money is essential for human flourishing and why bitcoin is in fact money and not just another financial asset.

GM, Amsterdam

Samourai Wallet developer William Lonergan Hill's sentencing hearing has been moved from tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST to Wednesday, November 19 at 2:30 PM EST.

Samourai developer Keonne Rodriguez’s sentence includes 60 months in prison, three years of supervision, and a $250k fine. Here’s an overview of what else was said in the courtroom today.

The sentencing hearing for Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez takes place today at 11:00 AM EST. I’ll be in the courtroom for it and will share the details afterward.

Let us please stop referring to New York City as a hub for capitalism. It isn’t. Instead, it’s a center for crony capitalism, a form of socialism for the rich. It’s also a jurisdiction laden with red tape and high taxes that’s largely unaffordable for the poor, middle and working classes. It’s also home to Wall Street, which has been bailed out time and time again at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer and the value of the U.S. dollar itself. What is more, NYC is subject to the BitLicense, which makes it hard for Bitcoin companies to serve New Yorkers, creating more friction for those who want to break free from the crony capitalistic system via Bitcoin. If more people held and understood Bitcoin, they wouldn’t have voted for Zohran Mamdani. But the traditional financial system doesn’t want people to understand it, because it would make that system irrelevant. So, in essence, I blame Wall Street and the other benefactors of the Cantillon Effect (look it up) as well as the bureaucratic hellhole that is NYC (and New York State more broadly) for Mamdani being elected mayor. Until we confront on a larger level how Wall Street/bank bailouts, infinite money printing, and red tape hurts the most financially vulnerable among us and acknowledge that Bitcoin is an answer to this, expect many more Mamdani types to be elected.

If you’ll be attending Bitcoin Amsterdam, please join Bitcoin Core developer Sjors Provoost and me as we discuss what we can learn from the Tornado Cash and Samourai trials/cases. We’ll be on the Orange Stage at 15:00 on Thursday, November 13.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Frederick C. Robie House in Chicago, built in 1910