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Re:U.S. Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash by concordDance on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:52AM (#32387057)
> If you transact with Tornado, you're in violation of US law.

Fixed it for you. There's a tendency, particularly in the USA for people to assume that their law is universal

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Re:U.S. Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash by vkou on Monday August 08, 2022 @02:47PM (#32389370)
US law isn't universal, but it does apply to anyone who wants to interact with the US financial system. Which is most people doing business outside their country of residence, including most people using crypto.
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Re:U.S. Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash by shakezula on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:01PM (#32387205)
You're being needlessly pedantic here. They implied US law because the article is by the U.S. Treasury.
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Re:U.S. Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash by kube-system on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:02PM (#32387221)
That is quite a conclusion to jump to, rather than simply interpreting the word "the" as an article referring to the sanctions listed in this post.
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