Here for week three of US vs Storm — 👉 defense expert witness Dr. Hurder defined key terms, explained funding model for startups & DAOs She also presented a more fulsome data set, countering govt cherry picked charts, saying they had an “advantageous start date”

👉 govt objected to a video from EthBoston being submitted — and there was a spicy back-and-forth. Defense argued it shows the hackathon & puts the t-shirt (as the gov’t first piece of evidence) in context. Ultimately, Judge not permitting the video to be submitted as evidence.

👉 In cross, govt forced ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions (tbh, painful to listen to). Notably, the gov’t wanted to her to say “overall” TC laundered money, and Dr. Hurder asked him to be more specific, and said: “Tornado Cash has different parts.” This seems like the crux of it all. The govt wants to paint this as an “enterprise” that can’t be disentangled, while Dr. Hurder tried to underscore that’s just not the reality of the tech & decentralization, more generally.

Open question: will the jury appreciate the nuances of decentralization?