Vitalik Buterin and Crypto Community Rally Behind Tornado Cash Developer Ahead of Sentencing
In his recent letter on Jan. 9, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin publicly backed Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm ahead of his upcoming sentencing hearing in the US.
In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) sentenced Storm, alleging that his crypto mixer platform, Tornado Cash, helped in laundering more than $1 billion in illicit funds.
However, he has been free on bail after a judge said that he was not a flight risk. But Storm now faces a potential prison term of up to five years.
In his latest letter, Buterin stated that this case raises questions over the criminalization of software development instead of any financial wrongdoing.
The Ethereum co-founder called Storm’s prosecution an attempt to hold…
