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আমি ठিক कথা जानতাম, Roman Storm-এরগুণটি। Solidity-এর code-টি write-করছিলাম,তখনই federal agents-দলটি Pajamas-এ cuffed-in. Tornado Cash was not just another DeFi protocol.

�ভিয়েতথেকে सिलिकॉन व्हली

Chelyabinsk-এজন্মগ্‌য়াছিল। Amazon & Cisco -তে career-building। 2017: Proof-of-Authority protocol. 2020: Tornado Cash with zero-knowledge proofs.

Governmentগুলি Privacy Tool -কে Fear Karon

Public blockchain = every transaction broadcasted forever. Normal people want privacy (medical bills). Criminals also want privacy ($6B annual crypto hacks).

Storm’s team chose radical neutrality. No freezing funds. No blacklisting.

The Chilling Effect

If open-source privacy tools risk 45-year prison sentences… Why build: • Encrypted messaging apps • Privacy-preserving AI • Censorship-resistant networks? The Ethereum Foundation’s $500K donation shows institutional panic. Vitalik Buterin’s 50 ETH donation? Dark joke.

Law Meets Code - Badly

Prosecution hinges on:

1. Money transmission laws applied to smart contracts.
2. Intent requirements stretched thin.
3. Sanctions against lines of code, not humans. The Paradigm amicus brief: “Prosecuting TCP/IP creators because hackers use internet protocols?”

The Human Cost Behind the Hype Cycle

Storm faces life imprisonment while: • Co-founder Alexey Pertsev served Dutch prison time. • Legal fees drained his savings. The most sobering realization? Nobody built systems to protect builders. For all our talk about decentralization protecting users… nobody protected the builder. The jury selection begins July 14th. They won’t just decide one man’s fate—they’ll answer whether America still believes innovation includes technologies that empower individuals against institutional overreach.