zkSNACKs Coinjoin Coordinator is Now Blocking US Residents and Citizens
"zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces," announced the developers of Wasabi Wallet.
- "Effective immediately and until further notice, zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces," announced the company.
"In light of recent announcements by U.S. authorities, zkSNACKs is now strictly prohibiting U.S. users from using its services. An IP address blocking for U.S. residents is effective on wasabiwallet.io, api.wasabiwallet.io and zksnacks.com."
- "“U.S.” refers to “United States” and includes the several states of the United States and related territories. If you are a United States Citizen or United States Resident, you are not allowed to visit any sites aforementioned, download Wasabi Wallet or use the Wasabi Wallet coinjoin feature. This includes if you are a U.S. permanent resident or if you are an individual that holds a U.S. passport," was explained in a blog post.
- zkSNACKs is the company behind the default coinjoin coordinator of Wasabi Wallet. Since March 2022, the company has been proactively filtering certain UXTOs from registering to coinjoins by partnership with a chain surveillance partner since March 2022.
