**DEVELOPERS ARE THE FIRST LINE OF ATTACK** Pay close attention to developments in the cryptocurrency industry. I'm going to show you how panic is spreading among programmers. I have been saying for some time that developers of privacy tools should remain anonymous to protect themselves from state attacks. Now I will show you how the panic created is spreading to other developers in the industry for other reasons. The state's message is clear: CRYPTO DEVELOPERS, WE ARE WATCHING YOU. We have already seen how the development of privacy tools has been criminalized, with prosecutors treating privacy infrastructure as money transmission plus laundering, even when the core contribution is writing and running code. Tornado Cash – Alexey Pertsev (NL): 64-month sentence for money laundering via a mixer branded “for criminals”. Tornado Cash – Roman Storm (US): Convicted for running an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Samourai Wallet – Rodriguez & Hill (US): 5 and 4 years for unlicensed money transmission and handling illicit funds. Bitcoin Fog – Roman Sterlingov (US): 12.5 years for laundering about $400M in crypto. Now, a developer at IOG, the company that owns the Cardano Blockchain (yes, owns), has resigned due to fears of FBI raids, as he could be reported for making mistakes in his development that could harm third parties. **Fear has been sown.** I will continue to explore this topic in greater depth in an article. Interview with Roman, better known online as effectfully, developer of the Plutus language at IOG:

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Roman, known better online as effectfully, is interviewed by Wouter and Joachim. On his path to becoming a Plutus language developer at IOG, he lea...