Gauss on Nostr: The federal prosecutor will counter this way. He will say: We are not accusing you of ...

The federal prosecutor will counter this way. He will say: We are not accusing you of aiding and abetting the formation of a block before mining; instead, we are accusing you of aiding and abetting the possession and distribution of child pornography after mining on your node. Evidence of possession is start9, seized during the search, which shows an image of child pornography. Evidence of distribution is start9, seized during the search, and the mempool inspection report, which show that your node continued to broadcast an image of child pornography to the network after it was included in the blockchain by a miner on October 9, 2025, up until December 7, 2025, when the FBI took your node offline during a search of your residence. Contrary to the defendant's arguments, the criminal possession and distribution of child pornography is not his activities before October 9, 2025, but his activities from October 9, 2025 to December 7, 2025. The defendant's activities before October 9, 2025 may be taken into account by the court as a circumstance mitigating his guilt. But nothing more. Dear gentlemen of the jury, please pay attention to an important detail that the defendant deliberately fails to notice: if you persuade a drug dealer not to load drugs into your car, but then you still transport his drugs, you are guilty because you did not stop the car and did not stop the transportation of drugs. The defendant is guilty not of failing to prevent pedophiles from uploading an image to his node, but of continuing to store and distribute this image after it was uploaded to his node, and he realized that he had become an accomplice to the crime.