Samourai Wallet is a privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet and mixing service whose web servers and domain were seized and whose app was removed from Google Play in the United States in April 2024. Samourai Wallet's Twitter Score is 105 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #7,551 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Samourai Wallet was co-founded by Keonne Rodriguez, who served as Chief Executive Officer, and William Lonergan Hill, who served as Chief Technology Officer. The project described itself as free, unencumbered Bitcoin software and included Samourai Wallet for Android, Dojo, Whirlpool (a Chaumian CoinJoin implementation), and Ricochet.
Samourai Wallet faced serious legal action beginning in April 2024, when Rodriguez and Hill were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. Prosecutors alleged the service executed over $2 billion in unlawful transactions and facilitated over $100 million in money laundering connected to dark web markets, network intrusions, and DeFi fraud schemes. On July 30, 2025, Rodriguez and Hill pled guilty to conspiracy to operate a money transmitting business that transmitted crime proceeds, admitting to facilitating over $200 million in illegal transactions, with over 80,000 Bitcoin passing through Whirlpool and Ricochet. As part of their plea agreements, Rodriguez and Hill agreed to forfeit $237,832,360.55.
Samourai Wallet has 49,000 followers as of July 2026 and has published 18,376 posts. The account has been mentioned by 471 accounts, with 2,719 total mentions.
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