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The interesting thing is I doubt the government explicitly contacted Github, it seems there's a somewhat vague "Tornado cash is sanctioned". You could imagine t
by patrickthebold 4y ago
The interesting thing is I doubt the government explicitly contacted Github, it seems there's a somewhat vague "Tornado cash is sanctioned". You could imagine that Github's lawyers aren't going to take any risk. But the government could argue that Github is overreacting.
- salawat 4y agoThis is how the white collar world actually works. It's rife with communication characterized by non-written, non-spoken, and completely indirect forms of command giving such that it creates a plausibly deniable link through which the originator of a mandate can state they never told someone to do something, making it seem as if the agent acted entirely of their own volition, regardless of the fact they were constrained by the structure of incentives/risks put in place by the person in a position of higher authority. Absolutely nobody will admit to the dynamic and will actively avoid any attempt at on paper recognition of it, as to do so will completely destroy/dismantle the PD chain. In short, the government is effectively accountabilty laundering in order to for keep out money launderers.
- schlauerfox 4y agoIt's because being listed is one of the things that has strict liability https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/strict_liability https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/strict_liability So you're guilty if you do it, regardless of your intent or knowledge with no legal excuse or defense. That's a VERY dangerous place to be in.