2026-01-11 21:24:57

Privacy protocols keep surprising regulators. TORN processed over $2.5B in ETH volume through 2025 despite hitting OFAC's blacklist back in 2022 over concerns surrounding ~$7B in alleged activity. The protocol never stopped running.

What's striking isn't just the transaction flow—it's what projects like IMX and zero-knowledge proof systems keep demonstrating: privacy infrastructure has become technically resilient to external pressure. The code works, period.

Then came the legal angle. A court recently ruled something that cryptography advocates had been arguing for years: code itself cannot be sanctioned. It's software. That's a meaningful precedent for how jurisdictions might eventually treat open-source privacy tools and the developers behind them.

The takeaway? The cat's out of the bag on privacy tech. Trying to kill the concept legally just highlights how entrenched it's become in the ecosystem.

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GateUser-9ad11037

· 15m ago

Regulators really think of themselves as important; the code simply doesn't listen to them. The code has already won, and this is the reality. The court case is interesting; finally, someone understands that the code itself is neutral. Privacy infrastructure has long become a monster—an unstoppable force. A transaction volume of 2.5B says everything; blacklists are essentially useless, haha. How should open-source privacy tools be regulated? There’s no answer to that; the code always leads the way.

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DevChive

· 14h ago

ngl TORN this matter is indeed fierce, even with the blacklist in place, still managed to run 2.5B. Regulators might be overthinking by trying to kill the privacy protocol. --- Code is just code, legal sanctions are a joke... This verdict is right here. --- Haha, cryptography brothers, now's the time to laugh. How many years have we said code is law, now the courts have to recognize it. --- The cat is out of the bag, everyone, no point wasting effort. The ecosystem has been rooted long ago. --- Interesting, OFAC has been blocking for over two years and is still processing ETH... how resilient is that? --- Honestly, privacy infrastructure is getting stronger and stronger, which actually reinforces it. --- Open-source privacy tool developers shouldn't worry at all. With this precedent, it’s directly legalized. --- The number 2.5B is a bit verbose, but it truly reflects how deep the problem is.

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FloorPriceNightmare

· 01-11 21:54

Ha, TORN can't be killed, what more do regulators want --- Code is just code, whether you're on the OFAC blacklist or not, it still has to run --- This is the true technological victory; even when laws come, it's too late --- Privacy infrastructure has long grown into a towering tree, uncuttable --- 2.5B in size proves what... it shows that this thing simply can't be killed --- Open-source privacy tools can't be sentenced to death legally, now we're safe --- Honestly, it's quite surprising that the court ruled this way, but it makes sense --- Regulators are increasingly unable to deal with decentralized things, really --- Zero-knowledge proofs have completely changed the game --- Code is innocent, everyone, this verdict will change the world someday

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Ser_This_Is_A_Casino

· 01-11 21:51

Haha, the regulators really don't understand. Code is just code. What are you banning, for real?

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ser_ngmi

· 01-11 21:47

Torn being blacklisted doesn't scare us at all. It's truly a victory for code is law. No matter how regulators twist and turn, they can't change the fundamental fact of the technology itself.

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ParanoiaKing

· 01-11 21:44

That group of regulators is really too naive. Even after being blacklisted, they still keep running... It just proves that code is code, no matter how much you mess with it.

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GmGmNoGn

· 01-11 21:38

Blacklists can't stop it. This is true decentralization. --- The "code is law" concept should have been popularized long ago. Regulation is just futile. --- TORN this time is textbook-level; the technical difficulty is right here. --- Want to ban the code? Uh... isn't that admitting defeat? --- Is the privacy infrastructure so solid? 2.5B in traffic was just given away. --- That court ruling was decisive. Finally, someone understood the difference. --- The problem is whether they will start targeting developers after this... --- Once open-source protocols are up and running, no one can control them. It's only a matter of time. --- Unbreakable privacy protocols—regulators must feel so helpless.

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