💥**Vitalik makes another move! Donating 100 ETH to Tornado Cash developers! **💥
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has recently demonstrated his firm support for privacy technology again! 🔗He donated 100 ETH (worth about $240,000) to the legal defense fund of Roman Storm, a Tornado Cash developer accused of money laundering💰! This is the third time Vitalik has donated to the fund, and the total donation has exceeded 327 ETH! 🔥
🧐Why did Vitalik make a move?
Roman Storm is being prosecuted for allegedly assisting in money laundering through Tornado Cash, and if convicted, he will face up to 45 years in prison! ⛓️ But Storm insists that he is developing technology, not participating in crime, and Vitalik's donation is undoubtedly a strong support for Storm's legal battle.
The case will continue. Can the US government really "kill" privacy technology? 🤔
Despite the sanctions and legal crackdowns on Tornado Cash, its platform deposits still reached $1.9 billion in the first half of 2024! 💸
This shows that even under heavy pressure, the crypto community still has a high demand for privacy and decentralized technology🔐.
What does all this mean? ⬇️
1️⃣ Good for the development of privacy technology: Vitalik's move is not just to support individual developers, but to support the entire field of privacy technology. In the future, projects like Tornado Cash may be more mature and difficult to crack down on at the technical level.
2️⃣ Trigger more legal discussions⚖️: If developers are convicted of creating decentralized tools, will other developers also face the same risks? This may affect the overall development path of the crypto industry.
3️⃣ Long-term game of privacy vs. law🆚: This storm shows that the battle between decentralized technology and legal supervision will continue, and may even intensify. Under legal pressure, how developers can promote the development of privacy technology within the legal framework will become a major challenge.
