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As long as you as a user step foot in a jurisdiction that cares about a blockchain, you lose. The law doesn't care about your software.

Why anyone thought software and math was going to take precedence over nation state authority and power is bewildering. Insert the xkcd about rubber hose encryption here.

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How does Binance still operate then? Don’t they break every law in the book?

I think binance doesn't allow US citizens on its platform. They avoid everything US

Separate from international Binance (https://www.binance.com/en), but there is Binance US (https://www.binance.us/en).

Not a tall enough poppy, seems to operate in a way Malta does't mind.

Clarification that they are not based in Malta from Changpeng Zhao (CEO of Binance): https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1230860647086338048

They aren’t based in Malta! They are the biggest player in the entire industry! Not a tall enough poppy? Did you just google who Binance is?

At one point they were. Their company was registered at Abacus Business Centre, Level 1 Dun Karm Street, B`kara Bypass Birkirkara, Malta

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