It's funny to realize that a DAC can go on existing even after its creators may have been charged or imprisoned for breaking a law or regulation. I don't agree with the CFTC but I acknowledge their power.
Is there a distinction between developing software and operating it? Usually. Always?
This isn't just software though. This is an organization.
As long as net-neutrality exists, yes.
I am sure this will be very comforting for the creators of this once they are sitting in some US jail. Ask the leadership of FIFA how pissing off the US government by double crossing the USA over the 2018 world cup worked out.
Wait until "those who jail" start watching code check itself into a decentralized git repo on IPFS after receiving a consensus based payment from a thousand anonymous individuals. Seriously, they have no fucking idea what is coming.
Yes I know this genie can’t be put back in the bottle, but if they decide to go after you it can be very unpleasant. Given how the USA financial sector and law enforcement work together it would be a good idea to follow Satoshi’s example and be very hard to find.
The author created an account to post this "french houdini". Maybe it was Satoshi!
That would be amusing, but I do hope the author has taken a lot of care to keep him/her/themselves hidden. Angry bankers are not toys you want to play with.
I have always wondered if the NSA knows who Satoshi is.