100% true. I recently started building in the open again only because Trump won and it has been looking like it's safe for US citizens to work in this space again. If Storm loses that case I'm absolutely going back to doing all work anon again. It may not seem like a big deal to work anon, but it totally is. It is so much harder to get eyes on your work when you cannot leverage the reputation of your real identity. You basically have to rebuild all trust from the ground up, every time, for every new project. It can also be very lonely. The chilling effect is very real, and it sucks. I want to build tools to help ensure the future of the free world. To expand and protect human freedom against the growing waves of global autocracy. It would be nice if the USG could get behind the cause instead of driving it underground. Free Roman Storm.
Katie Biber
Katie Biber17.6.2025
2/ The stakes in the Storm case are high: an unfair result could chill not just software development and innovation in crypto and fintech, but have ripple effects across open source and AI development too.
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