18:44:56 <hyc> Lightweight Monero Quantum ASICs spotted https://twitter.com/hyc_symas/status/1569385899636494336
19:29:59 <garth> Haha
19:30:02 <garth> Love it
19:30:49 <garth> Only legit if the Monero logo is the location of the air pumps
19:32:49 <garth> Any thoughts on the tornado cash drama vis a vis Monero? Is Monero at risk for having the same ban given to it by OFAC as Tornado Cash?
19:36:55 <hyc> my personal belief is no, Monero is not at the same risk
19:37:30 <hyc> because you had to explicitly send funds to Tornado for mixing, which makes it a money transmitter 
19:38:51 <hyc> wfrankly I believe any challenges to that suit will fail
19:39:39 <hyc> it's as if you set up an automatic machine gun in a town square. it may be fully autonomous after you switch it on, but whoever switched it on is responsible for it
19:41:30 <hyc> so Tornado is a 3rd party, money transmitter business, unlicensed. whoever put it out there and turned it on is liable, thus the legal action against its dev