GuShiio.com GuShiio.com learned that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin issued a post on platform X questioning the U.S. life imprisonment sentence of Roger Ver (Bitcoin Jesus), calling his sentence on non-violent tax charges absurd, and alleging that the case was politically motivated. Vitalik said Roger was targeted for advocating freedom and opposing state coercive power. Cases like the Silk Road showed that selective prosecutions were often used to circumvent the First Amendment’s freedom of speech protections. He criticized the U.S.’s citizenship-based tax system and high exit taxes as extremely rare and harsh globally. If the IRS coerces Attorney Roger to obtain privileged information, it is malicious and emphasizes that the confidentiality of consulting lawyers should be protected.
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