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With respect to 1, the principle of increasing the anonymity set, and thereby facilitating criminal concealment of funds, is the same, when using cash, and it is on this principle that the parent comment suggested companies that use privacy smart contracts could be sanctioned.

2. is a different issue. Yes the War on Cash is real, and it is extremely dangerous.

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Adding to this, I would challenge a smart contract sanction on 1st (free expression, leveraging citizens united for money as speech), 4th (regarding privacy, and the equivalent privacy of other transaction methods), 5th and 14th amendment grounds (both forms of equal treatment in comparison to other transaction methods)

Maybe an article or two as well

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