After the DOJ statement
“The Department will pursue the illicit financing of these enterprises by the individuals and enterprises themselves, including when it involves digital assets, but will not pursue actions against the platforms that these enterprises utilize to conduct their illegal activities.”
I was of the notion that this would stand for the creators, I guess I forgot that a business entity is separate from its owners.
This is so fucking stupid. It basically means that you can make an open source software,
the software will operate freely, but
you the developer will be prosecuted for the actions done with said software to the maximum extent permitted by the law.
One can argue that smart contracts are separate entities from the person who created them, but they are not
business entities. This is like arresting somebody for running an unregistered MSB but then giving the business the OK to keep running.
Unfortunate, yet true - they grab what they can, and here, they decided that would be the best they could do to discourage and "fix" what was done by not by Roman, but by other people, like you outlined.