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It’s a gray area. These sanctions went against Tornado Cash, the entity. Does that extend to core devs? Anyone who did a PR? That’s the question GH’s counsel has to interpret.

> deletion of accounts seems more like a CYA move than a strict obligation.

Microsoft is prohibited from giving any good or service to a blocked entity. It’s very possible their lawyers will say “the easiest way to meet this obligation is to delete accounts related to the blocked entity.”

The legal system is CYA, after all.




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