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Looks like there's interesting times ahead for Chainalysis again. Full story at the end of this post, which is well worth the read if you're interested in blockchain surveillance or, you know, justice or whatever. Alexey Pertsev, the Tornado Cash developer convicted last year for money laundering in the Netherlands, has requested access to a Chainalysis Government license as well as insights into how Chainalysis clustering and labeling works to confirm evidence presented at his trial last year. According to the defense, addresses Pertsev has been provided with by the prosecution do not add up to what the Government claims when tracing funds manually on Etherscan. This is due to the prosecution’s use of Chainalysis software which clusters addresses together, a defense expert witness stated – a claim the prosecution denies. So far, the evidence of illicit funds flowing through Tornado Cash presented by the prosecution used to convict Pertsev last year does not appear to go beyond the citing of media reports. To prepare for Pertsev’s appeal, the defense wants to know what funds flowed where and when, noting that so far it has only been presented with spreadsheets that lack critical information, such as transaction hashes. “The defense argues that it's not enough for the government to simply point to some media articles to prove that these crimes actually happened,” says @Sjors Provoost, who attended the hearing this morning. The court will decide on Oct 2 whether it will grant the defense’s requests. Zap if u like this (and bc I am poor). ty ⚡ Full story:
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Pertsev Appeal: Defense Demands Insights Into Chainalysis Software
In a preliminary hearing on Tornado Cash developer Alex Perstev's appeal in The Netherlands, the defense is challenging evidence presented by the p...

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Another interesting read by @L0laL33tz
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Looks like there's interesting times ahead for Chainalysis again. Full story at the end of this post, which is well worth the read if you're interested in blockchain surveillance or, you know, justice or whatever. Alexey Pertsev, the Tornado Cash developer convicted last year for money laundering in the Netherlands, has requested access to a Chainalysis Government license as well as insights into how Chainalysis clustering and labeling works to confirm evidence presented at his trial last year. According to the defense, addresses Pertsev has been provided with by the prosecution do not add up to what the Government claims when tracing funds manually on Etherscan. This is due to the prosecution’s use of Chainalysis software which clusters addresses together, a defense expert witness stated – a claim the prosecution denies. So far, the evidence of illicit funds flowing through Tornado Cash presented by the prosecution used to convict Pertsev last year does not appear to go beyond the citing of media reports. To prepare for Pertsev’s appeal, the defense wants to know what funds flowed where and when, noting that so far it has only been presented with spreadsheets that lack critical information, such as transaction hashes. “The defense argues that it's not enough for the government to simply point to some media articles to prove that these crimes actually happened,” says @Sjors Provoost, who attended the hearing this morning. The court will decide on Oct 2 whether it will grant the defense’s requests. Zap if u like this (and bc I am poor). ty ⚡ Full story:
The Rage
Pertsev Appeal: Defense Demands Insights Into Chainalysis Software
In a preliminary hearing on Tornado Cash developer Alex Perstev's appeal in The Netherlands, the defense is challenging evidence presented by the p...
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