Yeah, people love being offered a carrot and then having it yanked to be beaten with a stick. Those people definitely won’t hold a grudge and go elsewhere. 🙄

From the Wikipedia article:

Solitaire leaks information at a rate of about 0.0005 bits per character. While its security may perhaps be adequate for very short messages, in general Solitaire is considered insecure.

See also: http://www.ciphergoth.org/crypto/solitaire/

Last I heard was that instead of selling the crypto they seize from illegal activities/arrests, they’re going to hold it in this reserve. So it’s not new spending, but it will be a reduction in income for the government.

The article mentions and notes “reserve” vs “stockpile”, but my gut take is that he has no idea of the difference and just thought “reserve” sounded better in the moment.