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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by AlexandrB on Friday August 12, 2022 @01:35PM (#32441662)
What's the practical difference between the kind of privacy Tornado Cash provides and the kind of privacy offered by a local money laundering operation? If there is none, why should the latter be illegal while the former remains legal?
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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by whatisweb3 on Friday August 12, 2022 @01:55PM (#32441883)
One exists to facilitate privacy, the other exists to facilitate money laundering.

Compare with E2EE Matrix protocol: it does not exist to facilitate criminal communication, but it does facilitate criminal communication.

TC is also different because it is an open source protocol, not a legal entity or group. You deposit funds into the protocol, and anybody in the network can help you withdraw them by relaying your transaction. It is a set of rules that any group of people can follow to allow for private transactions, and the same protocol can run on many blockchains.

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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by jobs_throwaway on Friday August 12, 2022 @05:10PM (#32443950)
Writing is used by criminals. Should writing be made illegal?
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