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The slashdot effect triggered Cloudflare’s DDoS protection and is returning errors for that page.


No, this is just what happens when you try to hit the page from a US IP address.


Why are you blocking the US?


I'm guessing because they don't want an SEC investigation into whatever they're running.


Don’t want to end up in a US prison for the obvious scam they’re running.


because the US has a long reach in the financial world even into Switzerland (these days). The IRS is on a war path against crypto currently and I think they believe 50% of it is something they can be taxing or is fraudulent. The US government doesn't like things that are hard to track.




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