# \#smart-contracts

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## [U.S. Sanctions Tornado Cash, Dutch Arrest Software Developer. Begun, the Crypto Wars Have](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/u-s-sanctions-tornado-cash-dutch-arrest-software-developer-begun-the-crypto-wars-have/1842)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [19 September 2022 22:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/u-s-sanctions-tornado-cash-dutch-arrest-software-developer-begun-the-crypto-wars-have/1842 "2022-09-19T22:08:52Z")

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On 2022-08-08, the U.S. Treasury “Office of Foreign Assets Control”, which administers sanctions, has sanctioned Tornado Cash, a privacy-protecting smart contract system that runs on the Ethereum blockchain, making it…

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## [Transition to Decentralised Cryptocommerce: Rebellion or Peaceful Evolution?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/transition-to-decentralised-cryptocommerce-rebellion-or-peaceful-evolution/1324)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [7 May 2022 13:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/transition-to-decentralised-cryptocommerce-rebellion-or-peaceful-evolution/1324 "2022-05-07T13:15:10Z")

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Will the replacement of legacy government-controlled currencies and transaction processing be by open rebellion and setting up of defended enclaves beyond the reach of the slavers (for example, Silk Road an…

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## [The Agoric Approach to Computing](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-agoric-approach-to-computing/114)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [15 October 2021 12:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-agoric-approach-to-computing/114 "2021-10-15T12:34:04Z")

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Agoric computing is a concept of structuring computation and business systems around the model of a free market, supplanting traditional systems which often resemble top-down, centrally planned economies. …