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by vorpalhex 1378 days ago
Given that the treasury department has frozen Tornado, and generally made the whole project persona non grata, I believe your theory here is fairly thoroughly debunked.

Trying to find a loophole in the law by trickery is why we use human courts - the judge can still find you guilty and punish the living crap out of you for abetting money laundering.
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Ferret7446 1378 days ago
> Given that the treasury department has frozen Tornado

They haven't though. Tornado Cash is still happily running. If you post your address here, some kind soul might even send you some ETH via Tornado Cash right now. They have asked regulated financial institutions to not receive ETH that came directly from Tornado Cash. That's it; that's all that they can do. While that puts a damper on people converting directly between ETH and USD at such institutions, it does bugger all for people conducting small/informal transactions

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dcolkitt 1378 days ago
There hasn't been a court case yet. Not even a judicial hearing. The article we're commenting on is about how there's a very good chance that courts will disagree. This SCOTUS has repeatedly shown a willingness to restrict executive overreach in the Biden administration.
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