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by polygamous_bat 1373 days ago
> it would make monitoring American activity on these blockchains outside of the scope of domestic agencies and spy agencies would not be legally able to spy on American activities on these blockchains.

I am genuinely not sure, is it still "spying" if the information is public for anyone and everyone to see? If I publish an attested list of my daily foreign transactions on my blog, I don't see why the government can't use that to prosecute me just because the website may be hosted offshore without it being considered "spying".