我們必須通過呼籲代表放棄對Samourai Wallet開發商的指控來維護交易隱私權

在過去的幾周中，我已經與許多政客進行了交談。他們都將比特幣視為價值的存儲，並相信美國公民有權持有私鑰。

I’ve spoken with a number of politicians in the past few weeks. They all see bitcoin (BTC) as a store of value and believe that U.S. citizens have the right to hold their own private keys.

在過去的幾周中，我已經與許多政客進行了交談。他們都將比特幣（BTC）視為價值存儲，並相信美國公民有權擁有自己的私鑰。

I can’t say that it doesn’t feel good to hear U.S. elected officials express these views and even propose bills that would codify pro-bitcoin legislation into law. It’s surely refreshing, especially after the political antagonism that Bitcoiners and the bitcoin industry endured in the past few years.

我不能說聽到我們當選的官員表達這些觀點，甚至提出將親比特幣立法整理成法律的法案，這並不是一件好事。這肯定令人耳目一新，尤其是在過去幾年比特幣和比特幣產業的政治對抗之後。

With that said, there is still work to be done, and much of that work involves advocating to preserve our right to transact with bitcoin privately.

話雖如此，仍然有工作要做，其中大部分工作涉及倡導我們私下交易的權利。

One of the best privacy-preserving tools we have at the bitcoin base layer are bitcoin mixers, which help users to anonymize their transactions.

比特幣基層中，您擁有的最好的隱私工具之一是比特幣混合器，可幫助用戶匿名化交易。

And one of the most well-known mixers was Samourai Wallet, which enabled users to mix their bitcoin in a noncustodial fashion. That is, the developers and maintainers of the wallet never touched users’ private keys.

最著名的混音器之一是薩穆萊錢包，它使用戶能夠以非監測方式混合比特幣。也就是說，錢包的開發人員和維護人員從未觸摸過用戶的私鑰。

This software was shut down early last year, though, when the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) pressed charges against the Samourai developers including conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and conspiracy to commit money laundering charges. (The developers of Tornado Cash, open-source mixing software deployed on Ethereum, are also facing similar charges.)

不過，該軟件於去年年初關閉，當時美國司法部（DOJ）對薩穆萊開發商提出了指控，包括陰謀經營無牌的貨幣傳輸業務和陰謀承擔洗錢費用。 （龍捲風現金的開發商，以太坊上部署的開源混合軟件也面臨著類似的費用。）

Some politicians, including Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have come out in support of the Samourai developers, drafting a letter to the former U.S. Attorney General, the Honorable Merrick Garland, in which they outlined that the developers clearly did not operate a money transmitting business as per the definition of such a business in FinCEN guidance from 2019. (With that said, Senator Lummis has also coauthored a bill in which she calls for the U.S. Treasury to “conduct a study on combatting anonymous crypto asset transactions like asset mixers,” but I digress.)

Some politicians, including Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have come out in support of the Samourai developers, drafting a letter to the former US Attorney General, the Honorable Merrick Garland, in which they outlined that the developers clearly did not operate a money transmitting business as per the definition of such a business in FinCEN guidance from 2019. (With that said, Senator Lummis has also合著了一項法案，她呼籲美國財政部“進行一項有關打擊匿名加密資產交易（如資產混合器）的研究，”但我離題了。

Mixers are incredibly important for human rights activists who need to maintain their anonymity when sending and receiving funds as well as to everyday people who value transactional privacy.

混合器對於在發送和收到資金以及對重視交易隱私的日常資金時需要保持匿名的人權活動家來說非常重要。

Therefore, we need to bring this issue to the attention of politicians, as many are unfamiliar with it, so to hopefully have more of them come out in defense of the Samourai developers and to see the importance of preserving U.S. citizens’ right to use mixers.

因此，我們需要將這個問題引起政治家的注意，因為許多人對此不熟悉，因此希望有更多的人出來捍衛薩穆萊開發商，並看到保留美國公民使用攪拌機權利的重要性。

For this reason, I’m asking you to use the letter template published by my colleague Shinobi at the end of this piece to write your representatives.

因此，我要您使用我的同事Shinobi在本文結尾發表的字母模板來寫您的代表。

Just as we’ve rallied to Free Ross and to protect the right to self custody, we must rally in support of transactional privacy.

正如我們集會以釋放羅斯並保護自我監護權一樣，我們必須集會以支持交易隱私。

This is something that I, the political correspondent for this publication, cannot do alone. I need your help. So, please heed this call to action and inform your representatives about this matter so that by the time I have a conversation with them about it, they have some understanding of the issue.

這是本出版物的政治通訊員我不能孤單的事情。我需要你的幫助。因此，請注意此事的呼籲，並告知您的代表此事，以便在我與他們進行對話時，他們對問題有所了解。