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Can someone Eli5 what this actually means? I mean tornado is anonymous so I can’t see the operators getting screwed. Does it mean people like me who use it so
by greatjack613 4y ago
Can someone Eli5 what this actually means? I mean tornado is anonymous so I can’t see the operators getting screwed.
Does it mean people like me who use it so Coinbase can’t track my wallet activity are going to have our wallets banned since we used tornado?
- pudo 4y agoIf you were to send money through tornado from now on, and this was discovered and linked to your identity, you would face a criminal liability in the US.
- daoist_shaman 4y ago
- pudo 4y agoIt is law enforcement working as intended. Freedom is complicated, I guess. Judging from your tone I suspect you'll love this fun fact: amongst other things, this sort of sanctions regime stems from the PATRIOT Act. Beacon of liberty that thing.
- jahewson 4y agoAlso civil liability, which is much easier for the government to pursue you with.
- SXX 4y agoIt means that if you're in US and publicly share your crypto address for vanity like NFT or something anyone can easily make you criminal just by sending you some "bad" coins. Good luck proving to U.S. Treasury it wasn't you. In real world it's most likely gonna be used mostly against big transactions and to go after crypto exchanges.