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We have let this happen. The community is to blame. We have not stood up to governments and their Violence and now it will continue. We need as a community to be strong and stop our involvement with g...

Derek Ross @Derek Ross 1713988933

This is easier said than done, but I agree to some extent. Could bad people have used Samouri to launder money? Yes. Can I use my steak knife to commit murder? Yes. That doesn't mean we should stop selling steak knives because some asshole did an asshole thing. Punishing innocent people over stupidity is itself stupid.

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Sovran Systems · 110w

I agree totally. Whirlpool is just a tool. There was no injured party! This make the difference. I say we are to blame because we have not learned the difference between what actually is a crime. Then once we learn the true definition of a crime, we need to pull our support from the person or insti...

f0xr · 110w

The difference is, murder is a crime. Money laundering is a "crime." Have you ever met a money laundering victim? Someone can be a victim of theft, but there are no victims of money laundering. Arresting someone for money laundering because they developed a private transaction tool is like arres...

tdub · 110w

They lost any plausible deniability when they made clear that they knew it would be used for black market operations. It’s unfortunate, but their opsec was shit. We have to rely on decentralized tools for this stuff and no one should be promoting them for illegal purposes