随着上诉法院撤销对不可变智能合约的制裁，龙卷风现金用户赢得重大胜利

第五巡回上诉法院的三名法官小组在 11 月 26 日的法律意见中表示，外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 超越了其职权

A United States appeals court has ruled that the Treasury’s sanctions against crypto mixer Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts were unlawful.

美国上诉法院裁定，财政部对加密货币混合器 Tornado Cash 的不可变智能合约的制裁是非法的。

In a Nov. 26 legal opinion, a Fifth Circuit Appeals Court’s three-judge panel said the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) exceeded its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts — reversing a lower court’s decision and granting the platform’s users a partial summary judgment.

在 11 月 26 日的法律意见书中，第五巡回上诉法院的三名法官组成的小组表示，外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 在批准 Tornado Cash 的不可变智能合约方面超出了其权限，推翻了下级法院的裁决，并授予该平台用户部分权利。简易判断。

The appeals court panel said that while the Treasury has the power to take action against “property,” Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts were not property under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as they can not be controlled or owned.

上诉法院小组表示，虽然财政部有权对“财产”采取行动，但 Tornado Cash 的不可变智能合约不属于《国际紧急经济权力法案》(IEEPA) 规定的财产，因为它们无法被控制或拥有。

“We hold that Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts (the lines of privacy-enabling software code) are not the “property” of a foreign national or entity, meaning (1) they cannot be blocked under IEEPA, and (2) OFAC overstepped its congressionally defined authority,” the trio of judges wrote.

“我们认为 Tornado Cash 的不可变智能合约（支持隐私的软件代码行）不是外国人或实体的“财产”，这意味着 (1) 它们不能根据 IEEPA 被阻止，(2) OFAC 超越了其规定国会定义的权力，”三名法官写道。

The IEEPA is a United States federal law enacted in 1977, giving the President authority to regulate and prohibit certain financial transactions.

IEEPA 是 1977 年颁布的美国联邦法律，赋予总统监管和禁止某些金融交易的权力。

“In sum, they cannot be blocked under federal law,” Bill Hughes, a lawyer at Consensys, summarized on X. “They certainly can’t be blocked as an exercise of OFAC’s discretion.”

Consensys 律师 Bill Hughes 在 X 上总结道：“总而言之，根据联邦法律，它们不能被阻止。当然不能因为 OF​​AC 行使自由裁量权而被阻止。”

However, Hughes noted that this does not mean Tornado Cash is in the clear.

然而，休斯指出，这并不意味着龙卷风现金是安全的。

“This does NOT mean that the rest of Tornado Cash is out of bounds for Treasury/OF

“这并不意味着龙卷风现金的其余部分超出了财政部/OF的范围