They were waiting for the reactions from the community. There's a low chance there could have been extreme and unified non-compliance, e.g. everyone depositing

They were waiting for the reactions from the community. There's a low chance there could have been extreme and unified non-compliance, e.g. everyone depositing funds to Tornado Cash (which is still up and operating at https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/tornadocash.eth/ https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/tornadocash.eth/ )