Key to this egalitarian standard has been the idea that the code is the code, and that is what matters most. Judges, regulators and politicians may try to set parameters around what types of financial services can be accessed and by whom, but in crypto, such restrictions cannot apply (except to the extent that centralized companies, like Coinbase, must implement KYC/AML procedures).
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/12/07/code-is-not-always-law/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines