Bitcoin Museum

I met Tom in 2012, volunteering for Ron Paul's presidential campaign. He was the kind of person you meet once in a political movement and never forget — someone who showed up not for attention or ambition but because he actually believed in something.

Tom donated $8,000 to Ron Paul's campaign. I believe it was everything he had at the time. He was also the only person who helped me canvas my district in my own third-party campaign for State Assembly. While most people talk about liberty, Tom put his money and his time where his mouth was — quietly, without recognition, without expectation.

Tom is not a violent man. He has never used force against anyone. He struggles — as many people do — with alcohol and drugs. For that, he is in prison.

He was arrested again on January 1, 2024. He is currently incarcerated at FMC Devens in Massachusetts.

Those of us who believe in liberty are fond of a simple principle: no victim, no crime. Tom has no victim. He has a health struggle. The state calls it a crime.

The Bitcoin Museum exists to preserve history. Part of that history is the human cost of policies that criminalize the non-violent. Tom is not a statistic. He is my friend. He is a champion of liberty who gave everything he had to a cause he believed in, and is now sitting in a cell in Massachusetts while the world moves on.

I have not moved on.