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A Waterloo researcher compressed a 637 MB AI model to 1,024 bytes and stored it permanently on Aleph Zero. 654,000:1 compression. Uncensorable. Forever. Aleph Zero's ZK + ink! infra was built for this. $AZERO is not dead. It's being built on. 🧱 zenodo.org/records/196620…

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I agree with Amanda here, and @TheJusticeDept needs to have a deep look at this because the theories advanced by the government here are actually very damaging to both future criminal prosecution and US economic (and through that, national security) interests if they succeed and thus accidentally cripple internet commerce. I obviously don't say that lightly, so let us talk about why: 1 - It is very important to understand the internal mechanics of what is going on. On the money transmission component, we need a clear, dividing line as to what is money transmission and what is not. The mixing of providing any sort of UI/UX with the core concept of actually transmitting money means that things like @Apple's Safari or @Brave are now potentially money transmitters! Seems insane, right? But how would you like to be responsible for crippling the entire internet where, if this ruling sticks, suddenly every single online banking, trading, or money transmission site is now blocked on your browser and your phone by both your browser, ISP, and operating system because they don't want to accidentally be roped in here? Many will tell you that is a theoretical concern. It is not. If you cannot tell someone providing an integrated software stack where, exactly, the line is, they will tear down a bunch of existing products if the alternative is jail. The gov't will argue "well we'd never come after you", but, uh, you guys know Liz Warren might be president at some point and she totally would use this to go after them? I think the judge was wise to this concern, luckily, and has a lot of questions and thoughts here. 2 - This also reveals that they did not understand the scope of the conduct, as arguing that inaction is action only works in a context where there was a specific crime that was related to knowledge + facilitation + inaction on the back of that. I previously argued that the government completely mishandled the conspiracy charge and this would come back to bite them badly, and this is precisely where it did. If you cannot accurately describe the protocol, then cannot accurately describe what was done and was not done, you (unsurprisingly) cannot articulate conduct that either fits or does not fit the elements of the crime. What they are doing now is essentially arguing that there was a car accident, and tornado cash was in the area and owns cars, therefore (waves arms wildly) GUILTY, and it's like no, guys, what the hell. The worst part here is there are very clear arguments to make, but the government appears to be incapable of making any of them despite federal contractors who work for the DoJ having documented all of this in detail. It really makes me question the choice of prosecutor to lead this and why the case has not been re-assigned because the ongoing situation is a clownshow. 3 - The defense is also not covering itself in glory here. I get that some of the arguments are long shots, but both in the trial itself and now at appeal, I'm pretty convinced Roman's own lawyers also don't fully understand what is going on and have not made their strongest arguments against the money transmission charge from a legal perspective. If you can't explain to the judge, who is clearly picking at some of these key elements herself, where those arguments lead, we have a problem. The venue question, the action/inaction and factual description, and more all struck me as malformed (at best). 4 - As a result, I have a huge amount of sympathy for judge Faila. To simplify for the crowd, this is like having the DoJ allege someone committed vehicular manslaughter, having the person defend themselves by claiming birds are not cars, and at the same time the government argues that having a collection of auto parts that they used to attack someone is somehow vehicular manslaughter on some undisclosed theory that if you have enough individual car parts in your garage and use one of them coincidentally and someone dies you are now driving a car. Honestly, she deserves credit for not holding every person involved in contempt, either legally or at least on a personal level, and has far more patience than I would. This is a colossal mess. I feel like where we are headed is everything being thrown out and told to "do it again", as evidenced by the already incoherent jury verdict (you are not licensed because you transmitted money, but also you are a money transmitter with ongoing controls failures but did not launder money). The best outcome for the world would be that we do this again, properly, with people who can accurately and specifically describe what is going on and how it maps to the elements of the crime on the government side, with evidence where they actually used Tornado Cash, while the defense properly has arguments to attempt to refute each one of these things. Instead what we got is, well... this. As a reminder, @davidzmorris and I wrote about this a while back as well, making many of the points now showing up in this hearing and making a mess of everything: zero-in.beehiiv.com/p/twisted-torn…

🚨 TODAY, THE FUTURE OF FREE SOFTWARE WILL BE DECIDED. AT 10am THURGOOD MARSHALL COURTHOUSE, A JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHETHER ROMAN STORM'S CONVICTION WILL STAND. If so, "the Government would criminalize the publication of decentralized software in violation of the first amendment." Read all about Roman Storm's motion for acquittal at the link below. Code is speech. Privacy is not a crime. FREE ROMAN STORM therage.co/roman-storm-ac…

🚨JUST IN: The White House Council of Economic Advisers has released its study on stablecoin yield and its potential impact on deposit flight and bank lending — the same report I noted last month that Senate Banking lawmakers were pressing the White House to release. The TLDR: Banning stablecoin yield would do little to boost bank lending, impose costs on consumers, and concerns around deposit flight are overstated. The data: At baseline, eliminating yield increases lending by just 0.02% (~$2.1B) and results in a net welfare loss. On deposit flight: The report finds those concerns are “quantitatively small,” noting most stablecoin reserves remain within the banking system, with only a limited share truly removed from lending activity. “In short, a yield prohibition would do very little to protect bank lending, while forgoing the consumer benefits of competitive returns on stablecoin holdings,” the executive summary reads. Link to the report below ⬇️

🌪️🟢 NEW IN TORNADO CASH Roman Storm's defense just notified the court of a new Supreme Court decision which found that "mere knowledge that a service will be used to infringe is insufficient to establish the required intent to infringe." In the case in question, it was argued that "knowledge that a particular buyer plans to misuse a product with substantial legitimate uses, without more, does not support an inference of the seller’s culpable intent." The case ties directly into Storm's defense whose service was built for general use privacy, as the Government argues that its misuse for criminal purposes places him in a conspiracy with the perpetrators. Storm's Rule 29 hearing is taking place April 9th in NYC, in which the court will decide whether it will vacate his conviction on conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitter.

I didn't sign up for just vibes-based pro-crypto policies: non-binding guidance, memos about deprioritizing enforcement, speeches. I want the laws changed to be clear that publishing and maintaining privacy software without a license is not a crime. I want a court to rule on that question or Congress to pass the BRCA or a similar safe harbor. I will not rest until it is done.

Disappointed to see the court dismiss my suit today. A non-binding DoJ memo is no substitute for real legal certainty. My lawyers are exploring all options for a path forward. Huge thanks to the @coincenter team for their incredible support and expertise through this. We need Congress to pass the BRCA to end this threat once and for all.

Frustrated to share that the Northern District of Texas has dismissed Michael Lewellen’s suit for declaratory judgment. The court sided with the government, holding that Michael does not face a credible threat of enforcement for publishing non-custodial privacy tools. 1/

🇺🇸 JUST IN: CFTC launches an Innovation Task Force to set clear rules for market innovators.

One thing people don't fully appreciate about the Rosen Bridge integration is that it's not just about DeFi access for $FIRO. It's a censorship-resistance play. Exchanges can delist privacy coins all they want but they can't stop you from trading rsFIRO on Uniswap or PancakeSwap. No permission needed. That's the whole point of building decentralized infrastructure — it works even when the gatekeepers say no.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: The House Financial Services Committee is set to host a hearing on tokenization and the future of capital markets next Wednesday, March 25 at 10AM EST.

🚨Breaking: CFTC just released new guidance on crypto collateral 👀 Regulators aren’t looking the other way anymore They’re starting to shape the framework around it Long term this is very bullish 📈

🚨🗞️NEW: Crypto and Bank Reps Head to Capitol Hill to Review Stablecoin Deal as Details Remain Under Wraps Some crypto industry leaders will meet with @BankingGOP today, with banks set for tomorrow, to review the product of a long-awaited compromise. cryptoinamerica.com/p/crypto-and-b…