Roman Storm vs. The State: When Code Becomes a Crime
Roman Storm vs. The State: When Code Becomes a Crime
The Dawn Raid That Shook Crypto
At 6 AM on August 23, 2023, federal agents blew open Roman Storm’s front door in Auburn, Washington. As his three-year-old daughter screamed, they handcuffed the Tornado Cash developer—still in pajamas—and seized his computers and crypto wallets. His alleged crime? Writing software that made blockchain transactions private.
From Soviet Ruins to Silicon Dreams
Storm’s journey began in Chelyabinsk, a fading industrial city in post-Soviet Russia. His parents sacrificed to buy him a computer—a luxury amid economic collapse—fueling an obsession with code that eventually led him to Seattle. After climbing the ranks at Amazon and Cisco, he pivoted to blockchain, co-authoring POA Network’s consensus protocol before tackling crypto’s “transparency problem.”
The Privacy Paradox
Ethereum’s public ledger exposes every transaction—from coffee purchases to medical bills. Storm saw this as “an assault on human dignity.” Tornado Cash, launched in 2019 with zero-knowledge proofs, broke the chain’s surveillance capabilities without holding user funds. Vitalik Buterin used it; so did activists under authoritarian regimes… and North Korea’s Lazarus Group.
The Legal Thunderstorm
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Tornado Cash in 2022 after $455M of stolen Axie Infinity funds flowed through it—marking the first time raw code was declared illegal. Prosecutors claim Storm ignored criminal misuse; his defense argues you can’t control what you didn’t build to control:
- Decentralization ≠ Business: No fees collected, no funds held.
- Intent Matters: Where’s proof he wanted to launder money?
- Slippery Slope: Should TCP/IP inventors be liable for dark web deals?
The crypto world has rallied behind Storm: Ethereum Foundation donated $500K; Paradigm filed an amicus brief warning prosecutorial overreach could kill privacy tech altogether.
The Bigger Picture
Beyond one man’s fate (and $200K bail), this case asks: Is America still where innovation thrives? A conviction would force devs to bake surveillance into tools or risk prison—an existential threat to DeFi and beyond. Meanwhile, global builders watch closely: Will the land of opportunity become a cautionary tale?
“This isn’t just my end,” Storm wrote from legal limbo. “It’s ours.”
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Mã hóa thành tội?
Chịu khó đọc thì thấy: viết code mà bị bắt vì… quá công bằng? 😂
Roman Storm chỉ viết phần mềm làm giao dịch riêng tư – giống như dùng áo choàng che mặt trong chợ đêm.
Nhưng Mỹ lại bảo: ‘Không được! Vì có kẻ xấu dùng nó để rửa tiền!’
À thế thì… TCP/IP cũng phải bị cấm luôn à? Vì ai cũng có thể dùng nó để mua ma túy trên Dark Web cơ mà!
Tương lai của công nghệ ở Mỹ?
Nếu cứ bắt người viết code vì người khác dùng sai – thì ai dám làm sáng tạo nữa?
Tornado Cash không giữ tiền – không thu phí – chỉ là công cụ. Giống như bán máy ảnh nhưng bị phạt vì ai đó chụp ảnh lén!
Quan điểm cá nhân:
Tôi là chuyên gia phân tích crypto tại TP.HCM, nhưng nếu tôi viết một công cụ bảo mật… liệu có bị bắt lúc 6 giờ sáng không?
Câu hỏi này đang khiến cả cộng đồng DeFi run sợ.
Các bạn thấy sao? Nếu code bị coi là tội ác – thì mình nên đổi nghề sang làm… thợ sửa xe máy chứ gì? 🛵
Comment xuống nào! 👇
Roman Storm vs. La Loi
Imagine being arrested at 6h du matin… en pyjama, avec un bébé qui pleure. Roman Storm a eu le droit à une dawn raid plus chelou qu’un bug dans Ethereum.
Son crime ? Écrire un logiciel pour cacher les transactions. En France, on appellerait ça “un bon petit outil de confidentialité” — ici, c’est un délit.
Mais sérieusement : si on punit le code parce qu’il peut être utilisé mal… alors TCP/IP devrait être interdit aussi !
Vitalik Buterin l’utilisait. Des dissidents aussi. Et même des hackers nord-coréens (oui, les méchants).
Alors on fait quoi ? On rend la tech surveillée par défaut ou on laisse les devs aller en prison pour avoir rêvé d’un internet privé ?
#CodeEstCrime #TornadoCash #DécentralisationEnDanger
Vous pensez que c’est juste ou une folie ? Commentairez-vous ? 😏
Kode Bukan Kejahatan?
Roman Storm ditangkap jam 6 pagi—masih pakai baju tidur! Anaknya menangis sambil tangan diborgol karena bikin software privasi.
Privasi vs Hukum
Dia bilang: ‘Ini bukan kriminalitas, tapi hak manusia!’ Tapi pemerintah bilang: ‘Tapi ada yang pakai untuk pencurian!’
Paradoks Digital
Kalau kode bisa jadi kejahatan, berarti TCP/IP juga harus dipenjara—soalnya banyak dipakai di dark web!
Masa Depan Inovasi
Kalau ini terjadi di AS, siapa yang mau kembangkan tech baru? Di Indonesia kita malah seneng lihat orang-orang berani bikin revolusi teknologi.
“Ini bukan cuma soal dia… tapi soal kita semua.”
Kalian pikir gimana? Kalau kamu developer, bakal lanjut bikin tool privat atau malah ngerasa takut?
Comment ya!
Code Bilang Crime?
Sabi nila ang code ay crime? Sino ba ‘to, si Roman Storm—napagpasyahan mag-imbak ng privacy sa blockchain habang naglalakad pa sa pambahay niya!
Nag-umpisa sa Chelyabinsk, tapos bumagsak ang mundo… pero nakatayo siya sa Amazon at Cisco! Ngayon, pinaparusahan dahil sa kanya lang ang privacy tool na ginamit ng activists at North Korea’s hackers?
Ano ba ‘to—bawal ang TCP/IP kung gumagamit nito si dark web? 😂
Ang gulo talaga: nag-develop ng software para makapagbayad ng coffee nang walang sinasadya na mapansin… tapos biglang may sablay na bantay.
Kung ganito ang sistema, bakit hindi kita magsimula ng sarili mong DAO para i-protect ang mga coder?
Ano’ng nasa utak mo kapag nakita mo yung code mo binigyan ng ‘illegal’ label? Comment section na lang!
কোড কি অপরাধ?
আজকের স্ট্রিমে দেখলাম—রোমান স্টোর্মকে 6টা বাজে গুপচপ করেছিল। তার ছোট্ট মেয়েও চিৎকার! আর কেন? কারণ…তিনি একটা প্রাইভেসি-ফ্যাক্টরি (Tornado Cash) লিখছিলেন!
যদি Bitcoin-এইচএস্টা (Bitcoin-HS) অথবা Telegram-এইচএস্টা (Telegram-HS) আইনগতভাবে “অপরাধ” হয়, toh code-ও crime?
আমরা Devs-দলগুলোতে: “শখমতো coding!” বিচারবিভাগ: “হ্যা… code -ও crime!”
গুপচপ?! সবই थोड़ा एक्सট्रिम। যদি TCP/IP-ও illegal hoi jai, toh internet er bhaag kothay?
#RomanStorm #CodeCrime #TornadoCash #CryptoJustice
আপনি के समझते हैं? बोलू मत, कमेंट में लिखें! 😆
코드가 범죄라니?
로만 스트롬이 잠옷 차림으로 체포된 날 아침, 미국 정부는 ‘코드 자체를 불법’이라고 선언했다. 우리가 쓰는 앱도 결국은 코드인데, 그걸로 뭘 하든 다 책임져야 하나요?
법이 아닌 기술에 손대다
투자 실패한 나도 테크 블로그 쓰는데, 내 코드가 북한 해커의 도구가 된다고 고소당할까? TCP/IP 개발자도 온라인 마약거래 책임 진다며? 이건 진짜 Roman Storm vs. The State의 전쟁이 아니라, 기술의 자유를 묻는 사상전이다.
당신은 어디에 서 있나요?
개발자가 코딩을 멈추면, 암호화폐 생태계는 망한다. 현실은 말한다: “정의란 게 코드까지 감시해야 한다고?”
여기서 멈추면 우리는 모두 승리하는 거야. 진심으로 물어본다 — 너는 이걸 어떻게 생각해? 댓글 달아서 대결 시작! 🚨
Roman Storm vs. Negara?
Wah, developer kodingan dikasih tahanan karena bikin alat privasi? Ini kayak anak kecil main-main di rumah tetangga terus dikira pencuri!
Tornado Cash cuma buat sembunyiin transaksi, bukan ngejebak orang. Tapi sekarang kode yang ditulis jadi kriminal? Masa iya TCP/IP juga harus ditahan karena digunakan hacker?
Saya Dukung!
Saya sebagai analis crypto dari Jakarta: kalau ini bisa dilarang, nanti kita semua harus bikin aplikasi yang ngintip semua transaksi! Bisa-bisa DeFi jadi seperti bank pemerintah versi tahun 1990-an.
Komentar Sekarang!
Kalau kamu developer, kamu bakal coding apa kalau tau hasilnya bisa masuk penjara? Atau mungkin malah kabur ke Indonesia biar aman? 😂
Ini bukan soal Roman Storm saja… tapi soal masa depan teknologi kita.
Komen dong!
الكود وليست الجرائم
أبو رومان سرق بس يكتب كود؟! في الصباح الباكر، علّقوا له أصفاد وهو بيلبس قميص نوم… والصغيره صرخت، ولكن اللي صار أشد هو أن الحكومة الأمريكية حكمت على كود بس!
شبهة السرقة بالبرمجة
هل تتخيل أنك تُسجن لأنك كتبت برنامج يحمي الخصوصية؟ هذا ما حدث لرومان ستورم، المبرمج الذي بنى Tornado Cash لينقذ الناس من مراقبة البلاك تشين.
أمريكا vs. الحرية الرقمية
إذا جعلوا الكود جريمة، فهل يجب أن نسجن مخترع البروتوكول TCP/IP لأنه استخدمه داكن ويب؟
العالم كلّه يراقب: هل ما زالت أميركا مكان التفكير الحر؟ أو أصبحت قصة تحذيرية؟
من قال إن الشفرات بتكون حرام؟
你们咋看؟ 🤔🔥
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