According to Odaily Planet Daily, at a hearing on Friday, a US judge postponed the trial of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, originally scheduled for September, to December 2. Prosecutor Thane Rehn said the trial is expected to last two weeks.

The central question in the Justice Department’s case against Roman Storm is whether he created the software or controlled the service. Defense attorney Brian Klein of Waymaker LLP argued that Storm no longer controlled Tornado Cash after May 2020.

Waymaker’s Keri Axel added that Tornado Cash’s user interface itself does not control the transactions that users send. The defense emphasized that Storm did not control Tornado Cash’s pools, which are immutable, so Storm cannot be criminally responsible for how people use mixers.

The judge made no decision Friday, saying he would rule on the motions "expeditiously."