According to CoinDesk, Jon Atack – one of the core developers of Bitcoin Core – was temporarily detained by El Salvadoran police in connection with a property dispute with his neighbor. However, he was quickly released and received his phone and passport back.
The incident stemmed from a neighbor’s accusation that Jon Atack had committed violence against a woman. Given that El Salvador’s laws are strict on such acts, especially after the 2012 Women’s Protection Law came into effect, the accusation was immediately handled as a criminal offense.
While there is no concrete evidence of the authenticity of the accusation, the case has attracted a lot of attention from the international cryptocurrency community due to Jon Atack’s important role in the development of Bitcoin Core – the open-source software that runs the Bitcoin network.
