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by BobaFloutist 761 days ago
So your argument is "What if I'm not money laundering, but simply breaking the law in some other way?"
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Yeah, they probably should've stopped mid sentence where you can argue "I just want to watch pornography".

It's a bit weird how much scrutiny there is over obscuring the transaction history for cyrpto. Like you money launder via houses you get a slap on the wrist first [1] but if you aren't actually directly involved in the transactions you get 5 years. The guy's not running a server; he published a contract that other people's computers are paid (by also other people) to run. Afaik, there wasn't even an allegation that he profited per transaction.

[1]: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/anti-money-laundering-agency-imposes-5...