Back to collectionDecentralization Debate Reaches the Player’s Question
The debate following the Tornado Cash sanctions did not end with the legal team’s finding of “no involvement.” The sanctions’ effects continued to spread, and people across the industry asked how much outside intervention decentralization could withstand. The discussion moved from an abstract principle to responsibility for explaining restrictions to players.
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The debate following the Tornado Cash sanctions did not end with the legal team’s finding of “no involvement.” Although the studio was not caught up in the immediate matter, A-Zhen and her colleagues were still identifying outside services that future roadmap options might depend on.
The sanctions’ effects continued to spread, and people across the industry asked how much outside intervention decentralization could withstand. Someone argued that the studio had no reason to keep discussing it if it was not involved. A-Zhen asked whom players should approach if a service their game relied on suddenly blocked an address. The group decided to state that question clearly before debating a technical choice.
The discussion moved from an abstract principle to responsibility for explaining restrictions to players. It also added a condition to examine under the appendix’s “infrastructure option.” The team had no solution yet. Next it needed to map service dependencies and decide which risks the roadmap should explain to players.