Tomorrow, 12 jurors will decide whether writing open source code is a crime. This case is about Roman's future and it is also about whether developers can be held criminally liable for immutable smart contracts they can't control. The precedent here is terrifying. If Roman is convicted for writing immutable code then every developer contributing to privacy tech, MEV protection, any DeFi protocol, or even blockchain protocols could face prosecution. We already won against OFAC -- the Fifth Circuit appeals court ruled these contracts aren't sanctionable property. Now we need the jury to understand that you can't control what you can't change. This is the most important case in crypto. Not just for tornado cash, but because it decides whether America remains a place where we can build permissionless, privacy-preserving technology. Code is speech. Privacy is a right. Tomorrow, we find out if the SDNY jury agrees. Free @rstormsf !!!