⚖️ Tornado Cash Trial: Roman Storm and the Future of Open Source
Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash, is facing a federal trial in the U.S. for alleged conspiracy to commit money laundering and violation of.... sanctions. The case, which could last 4 weeks, puts at stake up to 45 years in prison. Storm argues that the protocol is decentralized software, without control over its use, and that prosecuting it criminalizes code as expression.$SOL
The crypto community has raised over $1.96M in $ETH for his defense, with support from figures like Vitalik Buterin and the #Ethereum Foundation. Storm states: "If I lose, #DeFi dies with me." The trial has become a symbol of the fight for technological neutrality and freedom of development.
💥 If code is a crime… innovation becomes conspiracy.$XRP