US Tornado Cash smackdown puts the onus on crypto bros to act lawfully

Posted by webmink on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:46PM
from the blog.opensource.org dept.

https://blog.opensource.org/did-the-us-treasury-censor-code-or-illegal-actions-tornado-cash/

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Re:US Tornado Cash smackdown puts the onus on crypto bros to... by bediger4000 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:34PM (#32755533)

This is as it should be. Acting lawfully is a responsibility all citizens proudly bear.

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Re:US Tornado Cash smackdown puts the onus on crypto bros to... by webmink on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:46PM (#32754665)

According to the OSI, while the US government needs to clarify exactly what it was intending to do relating to open source freedoms, in the Tornado Cash case the onus is on the cryptocurrency community to show they can abide by money-laundering law rather than appear to intentionally evade it.

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