A group of crypto and privacy advocates are protesting the arrest of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev.
that Pertsev has not been officially charged, but has been interrogated about his role in developing the protocol.On the one hand, Alex is my friend, I am worried about him, his wife has been unable to visit him for two weeks, and we don't understand what is going on," said Korolev.On the other hand, this is a major case, and I am afraid that if Alex is found guilty, that will create a precedent that could hit open-source code developers," he said.
A Telegram group set up to coordinate the protest includes Yearn Finance core developer Banteg and Aave founder Stani Kulechov. Comments in the group suggest there might be a second protest in London in the next few weeks.protesting Pertsev's arrest and calling for developers to maintain the right to write open-source code.
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