21 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 27 Apr \ on: zkSNACKs is Now Blocking U.S. Residents and Citizens bitcoin
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Wasabi Wallet APRIL 27, 2024 | 1 MINUTES READ ZKSNACKS IS NOW BLOCKING U.S. RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces.
Wasabi Wallet Saturday, April 27th 2024—Effective immediately and until further notice, zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces.
In light of recent announcements by U.S. authorities, zkSNACKs is now strictly prohibiting U.S. users from using its services. An IP address blocking for U.S. residents is effective on wasabiwallet.io, api.wasabiwallet.io and zksnacks.com.
“U.S.” refers to “United States” and includes the several states of the United States and related territories. If you are a United States Citizen or United States Resident, you are not allowed to visit any sites aforementioned, download Wasabi Wallet or use the Wasabi Wallet coinjoin feature. This includes if you are a U.S. permanent resident or if you are an individual that holds a U.S. passport.
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85 sats \ 1 reply \ @wingalt 27 Apr
It looks in line with the fiat banking system outside the US, no financial institution (banks, brokerage) wants to deal with US citizens, too much trouble to have them as customers
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 27 Apr
Yes, hodlhodl.com doesn't allow USA since day one.
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zenul_Abidin 28 Apr
zkSNACKs can go fork a tree branch. This is where their "utxo blacklisting" was leading to.
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