Charles Hoskinson spoke out in support of Tornado Cash developers – Bits Media

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson spoke out in defense of the developers of the Tornado Cash mixer, fell under the sanctions of the US government due to that, that it was used by hackers to launder money.

In early August, the Office for Monitoring Foreign Assets (I DO IT) Tornado Cash service has entered the blacklist, And a few days later, the Dutch police arrested his developer Alexei Pertsev. The opinion of the cryptocurrency community about these events was divided. Some think, that such services help criminals wash money, "Polluting" other people's crypto acts. Others are sure, what to arrest developers for writing code is unfair. The latter includes the founder of Cardano Charles Hoskinson (Charles Hoskinson).

He is convinced, what, Creating open source code, Developers cannot always control, what will people later do with this code. Programmer, who wrote a code for a cryptocurrency mixer, used by other people for illegal acts, should not be in prison for their offenses.

“It's how to write a book about the preparation of cyanide or the creation of a bomb. The authors cannot control, How this information will be used by people. They do not give them instructions, so that this cyanide or bomb is used to the detriment of society, and do not make people do it. therefore, Creating a code for a protocol, The developer should not be considered an accomplice of criminals. He just wrote the code, which was technically used by attackers ", - said Hoskinson.

Tornado Cash was not the only cryptocurrency mixer, to which the US government was aimed at. In May, the US Department of Finance banned the Blender service due to that, that it was used by hackers, Ronin's hacking Sardchan. The actions of the American government leave a negative imprint on the Defi industry. So, AAVE protocol has already begun to block the addresses, Tornado cash associated, Including the address of the head of Tron Justin Sana (Justin Sun).