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Court prolongs Tornado Cash developer Pertsev’s pre-trial detention

The court decision raises alarming legal concerns for the developers of privacy-preserving blockchain protocols.

Alexey Pertsev’s pre-trial detention has been prolonged in another worrying sign for open-source code developers, particularly of privacy-preserving technologies.

Pertsev, the developer of the cryptocurrency mixing protocol Tornado Cash, will remain in detention as he awaits his trial, he announced in a Nov. 21 X post:

Pre-trial detention is prolonged. Source: Alexey Pertsev

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