Bitcoin Developer Gets Arrested for Neighbor Drama in El Salvador – What a Surprise!

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Here’s the lowdown:

  • Bitcoin Core developer Jon Atack, arrested in El Salvador, got tangled up in a neighborly dispute. No biggie, right?
  • His neighbor had the *audacity* to accuse him of “violence against women”—because that’s how property squabbles are solved now, apparently.
  • Atack, after an hour of unceremonious detention, got his phone and passport back. Phew, crisis averted.

So, the story goes like this: Jon Atack, a senior Bitcoin developer, was *briefly* detained in El Salvador because of a neighborly dispute. Yup, you heard it right. No, it wasn’t about Bitcoin (because when is it ever, right?).

Atack, the shining beacon of crypto knowledge, quickly found himself under arrest after his neighbor decided to file a bizarre accusation of “violence against women.” Maybe someone’s just *really* passionate about property rights, but hey, *sure*, blame it on the women’s violence laws—those always come in handy when your fence gets knocked down.

Atack, the poor guy, was cut off from his online kingdom when the authorities took his phone and passport. The nerve! 😱 Meanwhile, crypto fanatics on Twitter were sweating bullets. But fear not, our hero wasn’t *actually* sent to prison. Instead, the police told him he *might* be headed to a local jail—but lucky for him, that didn’t happen. So, his *personal Bitcoin-related drama* came to an abrupt halt.

According to Stacy Herbert, the head honcho of El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office (yes, that’s an actual position), the whole thing was about *property issues*—not a scandalous crypto conspiracy. It seems Atack’s neighbor thought it was necessary to call out “violence against women,” under the 2012 law that gives women their very own “free from violence” life. If that’s how property laws are enforced now, the whole country might need a lawyer—and a little bit of a therapy session, if you ask me.

Once the cuffs were off, Atack was free to go. The officers, in a twist, were apparently “professional and friendly.” No complaints there, except maybe the whole being-arrested-in-the-first-place thing. In true fashion, Atack thanked his followers, but *not* without dropping a little humor: “First time in cuffs—and God willing, the last!”

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2025-07-07 17:35