The U.S. Department of Treasury has clarified that visiting the Tornado Cash website, copying its open source code, or making it available online or in print would not violate sanctions.
The ‘Merge,’ aka Ethereum’s shift from a PoW to a PoS consensus mechanism, is set to take place this week, and the ‘crypto’ world is watching to see if this will boost ETH or spectacularly flame out.
Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said the sanctions "set a dangerous precedent" and claims it will have a chilling effect on software development.
Ethereum's scalability efforts hang in the balance as the countdown begins for 'The Merge,' while observers worry that the network upgrade will face hurdles on censorship and centralization.
BSV's transaction volume peaked at over 33.5 million transactions in a 24-hour period this week. And at the time of writing, the average transaction fee is around 0.000003 BSV, or US$0.00015.
Triall's latest announcement highlights how useful blockchain technology can be in processing and timestamping immutable data records to benefit areas like public health.
'The Merge' is creating hype as it vows a brighter future for the blockchain industry, but experts remain on edge, projecting that the move won't likely make Ethereum as scalable as it intends to be.
OFAC said that The Lazarus Group used Tornado Cash to launder and steal digital currencies. The Treasury Department would also continue to pursue mixers laundering "virtual currency for criminals."
Proof-of-Work is the only way to prevent corruption, but if you continue to argue that Bitcoin is wasteful and not green, it’s because BTC has misled you.
The recently arrested software developer behind the Tornado Cash ‘coin mixer’ reportedly has links to Russia’s top security agency, adding yet another layer of controversy to an already sketchy ‘crypto’ service.
In the digitized world, we have unlearnt what cash is and rely on electronic account-based systems. The difference between cash and non-cash is staggering, though.
Joshua Henslee empathizes with people who have put their lives promoting the 'decentralized' vision, saying that it's going to be incredibly difficult for them to accept what's coming.
