During a fireside chat on Thursday, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin completely ignored a question about whether he cares about the possibility of a spot ETH exchange-traded fund (ETF). approved in the U.S. However, he weighed in on secondary questions about privacy, particularly in relation to the recent sentencing of an Ethereum protocol developer.
Cryptocurrency celebrities have said: Tornado Cache Developer Alexei Pertsev Sentenced to 64 months in prison He called it a “real shame” and continued to support privacy-focused encryption tools, encouraging people to develop “next-generation” solutions.
“The Alexei case is definitely very unfortunate,” Buterin said. DappCon Berlin“I think a lot of people assume that.” […] There's nothing wrong with just building software, and it's a completely legal and legitimate way to protect your privacy. ”
However, in this particular case, that assumption failed to uphold the rule of law. A Dutch court has ruled that a developer was guilty of money laundering for using software he developed. This is the co-founder of Tornado Cash, Awaiting trial in the United States and similar money laundering charges.
Tornado Cash and other cryptocurrency mixers hide where your money is going. Although privacy advocates emphasize their importance to the public, we have seen heavy regulatory scrutiny of their use. Criminal groups that attempt to launder illegal funds (such as state-sponsored hacker organizations in North Korea) Lazarus Group.
As a result, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Banning Americans from using the platform In 2022, developers were indicted for their involvement in developing the autonomous protocol.
“This is really sad and I hope that Roman’s trial in the US will bring some positive clarification on this,” Buterin said, praising continued efforts to maintain privacy within the industry.
“Privacy is important,” he said. “I think the ecosystem is actively trying to bring together things like this.” Railgun 0xbow, and similar next-generation approaches, demonstrate the sincerity of the people in providing privacy to ordinary people — not the Kremlin or anyone else.”
Formerly Buterin You are asked for privacy options Generate a zero-knowledge proof that proves the user is not using a criminal address. it is called Privacy Pooland bothers railgun and 0xbow Use this system.
“I'm really supportive of people who are working on this,” Buterin explained, “and I hope that things move in a positive direction within the ecosystem, and I hope that governments also see the value in this.”
Editor: Andrew Hayward
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