On Tuesday December 2, 2025 the Bitcoin Policy Institute posted an article by Zack Shapiro explaining the urgent need to pardon the Samourai Wallet developers from a practical legal clarity perspective. In summary, by holding non-custodial wallet developers responsible for end-user activities, the legal theory used in the Samourai Wallet case is at odds with established regulations and guidelines, which has a number of disastrous cascading effects.