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Probably for collecting donations and moving them through the SWIFT banking system.


Wouldn't this just force future operators of z-library and similar services to accept donations in crypto only, making it even harder to shut down?

I mean imagine if you took donations for some mundane fan art patreon website that ends up violating US copyright laws and you used the proceeds to buy yourself Subway sandwich and a new laptop to create copyrighted art, you are labelled a money launderer.

doesn't such draconian ruling end up driving these type of services deeper underground and closer to actual money laundering which only leads to more proliferation and opacity?


I don't think crypto wpuld help in this instance, they'd still have to turn it into fiat to do anything with it.


That's hard to trace if using monero however




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