> Tornado Cash is simply code. It runs on the Ethereum Virtual Machine, autonomously.
From a legal point of view, this is meaningless. With a childish defense like this, Roman is cooked. Robin Hood fairy tales won't be appreciated in court either. You've got $3 million for lawyers, they should've told you that.
If you wrote some code, and then THREE YEARS LATER someone else uses that code for something malicious you did not intend, are you now responsible? That's what this case is about.
From a legal point of view, this is absolutely insane.
The jury only found him guilty on one count, and even the judge found it was the most likely to be appealed. The other two accounts the jury was deadlocked on, which should honestly terrify people. This should have been a cut and dry case. Roman seems pleased with the results, but this case should be getting a lot more attention:
> Tornado Cash is simply code. It runs on the Ethereum Virtual Machine, autonomously.
From a legal point of view, this is meaningless. With a childish defense like this, Roman is cooked. Robin Hood fairy tales won't be appreciated in court either. You've got $3 million for lawyers, they should've told you that.
If you wrote some code, and then THREE YEARS LATER someone else uses that code for something malicious you did not intend, are you now responsible? That's what this case is about.
From a legal point of view, this is absolutely insane.
The jury only found him guilty on one count, and even the judge found it was the most likely to be appealed. The other two accounts the jury was deadlocked on, which should honestly terrify people. This should have been a cut and dry case. Roman seems pleased with the results, but this case should be getting a lot more attention:
https://xcancel.com/EleanorTerrett/status/195314608860242766...
> Now is the time to rise.
Could you perhaps be more specific here?