I'm drunk at the moment but I'd like to emphasize that the fine enforced by DOJ is a fucking joke. If you have any understanding how international civil law works you can basically wipe your ass with the fine.

Worst case scenario is that it would stretch into a fucking long (years) proceedings. US has no jurisdiction to enforce that fine unless another extraterrestrial state beforehand has agreed upon to enforce such fines.

It will be a long and heavy process for US Officials to enforce this fine.

As a lawyer I suggest neglecting this and denying US ip adress access to btce, and all thereafter is lawful. Should any US citizen use VPN or other measures to reach btce, it's beyond the control of btce.

Should any btce admin or owner wish to talk about all this I am more than willing to do so.