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Re: What if the devs are ordered by a US judge to include a government backdoor?
by
Loozik
on 04/06/2013, 10:45:31 UTC
Let's say the IRS wants to be able to confiscate bitcoins from tax evaders. So they go to the US courts to get this. A judge ends up ordering the bitcoin.org dev team to include a government backdoor so the IRS can take funds away from those who don't pay taxes.

The devs would be forced to comply right?

Would the judge pay the devs for the backdoor programming from his own pocket?