Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash
Wow, just wow. Am i alone in thinking this is not going to fly <i>if</i> all he did was <i>write</i> some software that helps with your financial anonymity? There must be more. Perhaps he also deployed it? That would be a different story. The article is quite murky in that regard. Perhaps they don't know yet.<p>In there is an interesting paragraph explaining what Tornado Cash is:<p>… The (<i>criminal</i>) origin of the cryptocurrencies is often not or hardly checked by such mixing services. Users of a mixing service mostly do this to increase their anonymity.<p>Note how they sneaked "criminal" in there. There are of course legitimate reasons to desire anonymity for financial transactions! It's one of the reasons people like to pay cash.<p>Satoshi Nakamoto is wise to remain anonymous.