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The Downside of Sanctioning Tornado Cash

OFAC’s blacklisting of an Ethereum smart contract stands to compromise innocent users’ privacy while doing little to stop bad actors.

By Gets
Updated Jun 14, 2024, 4:07 p.m. Published Aug 16, 2022, 4:09 p.m.
It's not the tornado that's the villain in "The Wizard of Oz," it's the witches. Similarly, Tornado Cash is different than the bad actors who may have used it. (W. W. Denslow /University of Virginia Library).
It's not the tornado that's the villain in "The Wizard of Oz," it's the witches. Similarly, Tornado Cash is different than the bad actors who may have used it. (W. W. Denslow /University of Virginia Library).