The arrest of open-source coders like Alexey Pertsev could have a dangerous chilling effect, protestors say. jackschickler reports.
said the arrest was on suspicion of “involvement in concealing criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering” through the service, which can obfuscate the source and destination of funds that pass through it.
In the U.S., code is deemed protected under the First Amendment to the country's constitution, but that's a notion still being tested in Europe. , a Web3 events and consultancy company. “Let’s stay competitive, let’s have clear laws … this creates uncertainty.” It is “the equivalent to put someone in jail that codes Linux because some hackers somewhere in some country are using it for hacking some government systems,” Zapata told CoinDesk. “It's just ridiculous and out of proportion.”
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