H.E. Justin Sun 👨🚀 🌞|Aug 22, 2026 12:44
About my lawsuit with World Liberty @worldlibertyfi, many people think it's just a business dispute. On the surface, it is—$45 million, 4 billion tokens, and a contract.
But after months of fighting, I've come to realize its true nature: this is a battle of values about the original vision of blockchain.
Our generation created blockchain for one simple belief: everyone should truly own their property—regardless of identity, stance, nationality, and without needing anyone's permission.
Private keys equal ownership. This is the first principle of the entire industry.
And what this lawsuit reveals is precisely a betrayal of that original vision:
A company named "Liberty" secretly embedded the power to arbitrarily freeze any user's assets into the WLFI and USD1 contract—without disclosure, governance, or any procedure—and then used it against me just days after my tokens unlocked.
In the name of liberty, they exercised control—this isn't just a violation against me personally; it shakes the very foundation of why this industry exists.
If issuers can confiscate any holder's assets at will, then how is blockchain any different from the old world it seeks to replace?
We've gone full circle, merely wrapping arbitrary confiscation in a layer of technology.
That's why I will fight this lawsuit to the end.
Not just to reclaim what's mine, but to establish a precedent in court:
In the world of blockchain, "your assets" must truly be yours—written in code and upheld in legal rulings.
Freedom isn't a trademark you can register.
It's a design choice that can be verified line by line on-chain.
My choices can be verified by anyone; theirs are being verified in court.
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