The Trial Against Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm: Everything You Need to Know
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💥 Is Privacy A Crime?
The Trial Against Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm: Everything You Need to Know
With Ethereum L2 Developer Tim Clancy, DeFi Education Fund CEO Amanda Tuminelli, Taylor Monahan of Metamask, and Molly White of Citation Needed, hosted by David Z. Morris
Timestamps:
04:46: What is Tornado Cash?
10:45 Understanding the charges
21:25 Implications for software developers
30:00 Could the UI stop transactions?
32:36 Did North Korea use the front end?
39:16 Could the relayers stop transactions?
42:57 The Government’s first witness: grounds for appeal?
1:00 What would happen after a guilty verdict?
1:02 Can developers be held liable for writing open source code?
1:07 Could free speech be a ground for appeal?
1:11 How do we balance the right to privacy with criminal activity?
1:20 Dragonfly Capital pleads the Fifth
1:23 How a Chainalysis Relayer highlights breadth of charges
1:31 Does the Blanche Memo protect developers?
1:37 Closing thoughts
Show notes:
The Storm Jury's Dilemma: Was Crime The Goal All Along?
Samourai Wallet Developers Plead Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission
Did SDNY Enter A Recovery Scam's Documents Into Evidence?
Reports On Potential Witness Intimidation Add To Controversies In Storm Prosecution
Coinbase CLO Denies Funds Going To Coinbase
Dragonfly Partner speaks on Potential Prosecutions
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