副检察长（DAG）托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）向司法部的雇员发送备忘录后

上周，副检察长（DAG）托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）向司法部的雇员发送了一份备忘录，指示该机构停止起诉搅拌机，交流和“离线钱包”

Last week, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Todd Blanche sent a memo to employees of the Department of Justice, directing the agency to stop prosecuting mixers, exchanges, and “offline wallets” for the criminal conduct of their users.

上周，副检察长（DAG）托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）向司法部的雇员发送了一份备忘录，指示该机构停止起诉搅拌机，交流和“离线钱包”以供用户犯罪。

Understandably, the community broke out in celebration. Privacy is now legal again!, some claimed. #FreeSamourai!, others demanded. DOJ ends ‘regulation by prosecution’ as companies who had previously left the US due to regulatory uncertainty announced plans to return, a media outlet headlined, referring to the memo’s title. This will change everything, appeared to be the general tenor.

可以理解的是，社区在庆祝活动中爆发。隐私现在再次合法！，有人声称。 #freesamourai！，其他人要求。司法部结束了“受到起诉的监管”，因为由于监管不确定性宣布了返回计划，因此媒体媒体的标题是备忘录的标题。这将改变一切，似乎是一般男高音。

But does the DAG’s memo actually change anything? Scholars are not so sure.

但是，DAG的备忘录实际上会改变任何东西吗？学者不太确定。

“Did DOJ Bless A Crypto Free-For-All? Think Again,” writes the industry publication Law360, read by over 2 million legal professionals around the world. “The platforms could still face enforcement actions if investigators uncover evidence that they knew customers were using digital assets to further transnational crime.”

行业出版物Law 360写道：“司法公约保佑一个免费的加密货币？再考虑一下。” “如果调查人员发现有证据表明客户正在使用数字资产进一步进一步跨国犯罪，那么这些平台仍然可能面临执法行动。”

Namely, the memo instructs the DOJ to focus less on regulatory violations, and more on “those who use digital assets in furtherance of criminal offenses”, such as terrorism, organized crime, and hacking, as well as narcotics- and human trafficking.

也就是说，该备忘录指示司法部更少专注于监管违规行为，而更多地关注“那些使用数字资产来促进刑事犯罪的人”，例如恐怖主义，有组织犯罪和黑客，以及麻醉品和人口贩运。

While the memo reads that “the Department will no longer target virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, and offline wallets for the acts of their end users or unwitting violations of regulations,” there appears to be very little clarity as to whom the DOJ considers to “use digital assets in furtherance of criminal offenses” – individuals thereby excluded by the DAG’s statements.

备忘录上写道：“该部门将不再针对虚拟货币交流，混合和翻滚服务以及最终用户行为的离线钱包，或者不愿违反法规的行为”，但司法部似乎很少有明确的意见，即“将其使用数字资产来促进犯罪犯罪的人” - 因此， - 因此，个人的犯罪行为是由dag的说法排除的。

“A handful of pending, high-profile prosecutions could soon offer clues on the DOJ’s approach. They include a money laundering case against Roman Storm,” Law360 adds.

Law360补充说：“少数待定的，备受瞩目的起诉可能很快就会提供有关司法部方法的线索。其中包括针对罗马风暴的洗钱案。”

Both in the prosecution of Storm, as well as in the prosecution of Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill, the agency is currently claiming that the entire point of developing their respected privacy services was to enrich themselves on criminal activity, placing them well within frame of the memo’s exceptions.

在起诉风暴以及萨穆莱钱包开发商基恩·罗德里格斯（Keonne Rodriguez）和威廉·希尔（William Hill）的起诉中，该机构目前声称，开发其尊敬的隐私服务的全部目的是在犯罪活动中充实自己，使他们在备忘录的框架内很好地放置。

Notably, the DAG’s memo specifically excludes a subsection of USC 18 §1960, which is “at the heart of the Storm and Samourai cases,” posted CEO of the DeFi Education Fund Amanda Tuminelli.

值得注意的是，DAG的备忘录专门排除了USC18§1960的小节，该小节是“暴风雨和萨穆莱案件的核心”。

Due to this exclusion, the prosecution of both Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet developers will continue to set precedent over whether developers of non-custodial services can be held liable for the actions of their users, and must further deploy comprehensive anti-money laundering frameworks as required of any money service business, including know-your customer checks.

由于这种排斥，对龙卷风现金和萨穆莱钱包开发商的起诉将继续对非居民服务的开发商保持先例，以便对其用户的行为负责，并且必须进一步部署全面的反合资洗涤框架，要求根据任何货币服务业务（包括知识客户检查）的要求。

“We will wait to see what happens with the Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet prosecutions. Memo says no targeting of mixers, exchanges, and offline wallets ‘for the acts of their end users’ or ‘unwitting violations of regulations’ but we’re still in uncharted territory,” wrote CoinCenter's Peter van Valkenburgh on X.

“我们将等待看看龙卷风现金和萨穆莱钱包起诉会发生什么。备忘录说，没有针对混音器，交流和离线钱包“为其最终用户的行为”或“不愿违反法规的行为”，但我们仍处于未知领土上，” Concenter的Peter peter van van vanvalkenburgh写道。

"This is great news, but important not to over read this. Memo also says DOJ will focus on 'those who use digital assets in furtherance of criminal offenses' and we'll have to see how that's applied in practice," added Bitcoin Policy Institute fellow Zack Shapiro.

比特币政策学院Zack Shapiro院士补充说：“这是个好消息，但重要的是不要过度阅读。

Both prosecutions effectively focus on the obligations software developers face when having no control over the funds their software transmits, into which the DAG’s memo appears to give no insight. In fact, the DAG appears to have intentionally avoided the terms “non-custodial” or “unhosted,” as non-custodial wallets are commonly referred to in Government circles, instead referring to “offline wallets” in its statements.

两项起诉有效地关注软件开发人员在无法控制其软件传输资金时面临的义务，DAG的备忘录似乎没有任何见解。实际上，DAG似乎已经故意避免了“非监测”或“未遗产”术语，因为在政府圈子中通常提到了非习惯钱包，而是指其声明中的“离线钱包”。

Many in return are now wondering how software developers may implement KYC checks when dealing with non-custodial wallets if the prosecution of either developers is successful, and non-custodial services like Samourai and Tornado Cash are deemed to fall under money service business licensing requirements.

现在，许多回报率现在想知道，软件开发人员在处理非监护钱包时如何实施KYC检查，如果任何一个开发人员的起诉成功，samourai和Samourai和Tornado Cash等非监护服务都被认为属于货币服务业务许可要求。

Former CFTC chair Timothy Massad gave some insight into how the KYC of the future may look when applied to Bitcoin in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine last week, stating that he believes ensuring that Bitcoin is not used for illicit purposes will probably involved some form of “digital identity,” as well as “smart contracts” which “wouldn’t process a transaction unless you could provide that [digital identity].”

Former CFTC chair Timothy Massad gave some insight into how the KYC of the future may look when applied to Bitcoin in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine last week, stating that he believes ensuring that Bitcoin is not used for illicit purposes will probably involved some form of “digital identity,” as well as “smart contracts” which “wouldn't process a transaction unless you could provide that [digital identity].”

What may sound like a distant dystopian future is currently being mandated in the US, which will require US Americans to present a Real ID compatible drivers license for domestic air travel starting May 7th, which is intended to be expanded into a fully fledged digital identity once the document is widely enough adopted.

在美国，目前正在授权听起来像是遥远的反乌托邦未来，这将要求美国人从5月7日开始颁发真正的ID兼容驾驶员许可证，以便在5月7日开始，一旦文档被广泛采用，该公司旨在将其扩展到完全刚刚起步的数字身份。