Just a little caveat, and no, I don't really give a shit about any of this despite my law license. That case cited by Carlasare isn't really strong precedent. It only barred the government from using that evidence to enhance a sentence. You can't really draw a broad legal conclusion from that.

siggy47

same logic apply for all data over internet. Will that make the ISP "legally" culpable?
This whole debate is total bullshit.

Finally, some actual legal information about this debate which has been theoretical the whole time.


SimpleStacker

bitcoin

Is there a legal risk to node runners who relay ofac sanctioned addresses?

Scoresby

> A court case highlighted by attorney Joe Carlasare ruled that node operators are not liable if they don’t have knowledge or control of the data. Szabo noted that one argument in favor of Core is that data can be hidden in other ways, but OP_RETURN data is prunable. “This suggests that allowing more data on OP_RETURN conceivably may reduce legal risks,” Szabo [said](https://x.com/NickSzabo4/status/1972499085275132393).
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> *https://atlas21.com/bitcoin-core-v30-incoming-nick-szabo-breaks-silence-after-five-years/*