She's Fighting to Free Her Husband - Lauren Rodriguez | Ep. 136

About this episode

Lauren Rodriguez discusses her fight to free her husband, Keonne Rodriguez, who was imprisoned for developing Bitcoin privacy software.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​NOTE: Donations are critical to help in this battle. Please donate & sign petition here: https://billandkeonne.org/ Lauren Rodriguez is the wife of Keonne Rodriguez, co-developer of Samourai Wallet, who was arrested and imprisoned by the DOJ for writing non-custodial, open-source Bitcoin privacy software. Since Keonne's arrest, Lauren has become the relentless voice of the case, speaking publicly, coordinating the community push for a presidential pardon, and keeping the story alive through media, petitions, and outreach. In this episode, recorded live at Bitcoin Conference 2026, we unpack what Samourai Wallet built, why the DOJ's prosecution hid exculpatory evidence and sets a chilling precedent for every developer & affects all protocol participants. → Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you! – SPONSORS – → Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn → Have you…

People in this episode

Host: Efrat Fenigson

Guest: Lauren Rodriguez

Topics covered

• Bitcoin privacy
• legal issues
• advocacy
• open-source software
• presidential pardon

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• privacy software
• Samourai Wallet
• DOJ
• presidential pardon
• advocacy
• open-source

Sponsors

Ledn, TREZOR, Abundant Mines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Samourai Wallet, DOJ

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