Wake up babe, there's a new filing in Tornado Cash:

Roman Storm's defense has filed to drop all criminal charges as last months sanctions reversal shows all counts of the indictment are "fatally and legally flawed".

In the sanctions reversal, the Fifth Circuit found that the software does not constitute property and cannot be owned or controlled, leaving the Government's case against Storm hardly a leg to stand on:

Much of Storm's prosecution relies on the Government's ability to prove that Storm operated a service over which he held sufficient control.

According to the defense:

If Tornado Cash is not property and cannot be owned, then it cannot be a “business” at all, let alone a “money transmitting business.”

As argued in the newly filed motion:

The Fifth Circuit "confirms that the government will never be able to prove that Mr. Storm had control over the proceeds of the specified unlawful activity."

In the legal system, Circuit appellate courts exist to review whether district courts have applied the law correctly, holding the ability to set binding precedent.

While Storm's criminal prosecution lies outside of the Fifth Circuit's jurisdiction, the ruling may be sufficiently persuasive to end the US Government's witch hunt and incredible misinterpretation of the law.

GM! Last week, Chainalysis claimed that Syrian rebels used cryptocurrency to finance its operations leading up to the toppling of the Assad regime.

We identified one of the addresses referenced in Chainalysis' report: it received a total of $807 USD.

Across the Telegram Group we identified, we found that participants had raised around $13,000 USD since November 27th via USDT – it may be arguable whether this amount contributed significantly to terrorist financing within the country.

But here's what's even more interesting:

Chainalysis claims that an OFAC sanctioned btc address shared mutual consolidation addresses with donation campaigns operating on Tron – a technical impossibility, leading us to believe that Chainalysis broadly simplified its depiction of events.

While Chainalysis' report claims to look at funding leading up to and following the events of December 8th, the identified OFAC sanctioned address last transacted in August 2021.

Why does this matter?

Chainalysis, as the primary Government contractor for blockchain surveillance, holds vast influence with both the Government and the public on the perception of btc.

Without regulatory oversight of the technologies Chainalysis uses and the methodologies it applies, the public has no opportunity to fact check whether what the contractor claims accurately reflects reality.

If we want to have an honest discussion on terrorist financing on bitcoin, blockchain surveillance firms need to be held to scientific standards and a minimum degree of transparency in their operations – otherwise, we run the risk of designing policy based on the claims of for-profit surveillance firms that can hardly be held accountable.

To je gól. Otrokář otevřeně kritizuje otroky že mu utekly když je chtěl poslat na práci s vysokou pravděpodobností smrti.

Stát je otrokářská mafie. Každý má veškerá morální práva zdrhnout za lepším otrokářem pokud má příležitost. Bohužel neexistuje možnost zdrhnout od otrokářů úplně. To by bylo optimální.

“Někteří vysoce postavení ukrajinští představitelé, včetně tehdejšího ministra zahraničí Dmytra Kuleby, otevřeně kritizovali muže v branném věku, kteří žijí v zahraničí, zatímco jejich krajané bojují a umírají za svou zemi.”

Jistě, otroci v řetězech byly zajisté ti nejmotivovanější sběrači bavlny co šlo sehnat…

“Armáda potřebuje více mladých bojovníků, kteří mohou do válčení vnést větší motivaci a odolnost”

Pavel Tykač:

„Jako investor v energetice vidím katastrofu Evropy, kde se vypíná jeden řiditelný zdroj za druhým, ale staví se jen neřiditelné zdroje.“

Seznam Zprávy: Uhelný magnát Tykač o energetice: Vidím katastrofu Evropy