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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

'Welcome to the War on Code': Crypto Twitter Reacts to Arrest of Alleged Tornado Cash Dev - Decrypt

Today’s news of the Netherlands Crime Agency (FIOD) arresting a “suspected” Tornado Cash developer is making waves on social media, with the crypto community and privacy advocates decrying the move as a declaration of war on those who simply write code.
“I’m short of words. I’m short of breath. They detained him for writing code. Writing code. These terrorist organizations called traditional nations must be dismantled,” wrote Luis Cuende, the co-founder of Aragon, an open-source software project that helps projects manage decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO).
I’m short of words.
I’m short of breath.
They detained him for writing code. Writing code.
These terrorist organizations called traditional nations must be dismantled. https://t.co/paRA5WkEQX
— Luis Cuende (@licuende) August 12, 2022
Daniel Buchner, who works on decentralized identity solutions, added that arresting a developer for being part of a project that was allegedly used by bad actors “transcends Ethereum and...



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