Breaking: Source code of Tornado Cash mixer has been restored on GitHub after US Treasury clarifies that interacting with open-source code itself, in a way that does not involve a prohibited transaction with Tornado Cash, is not prohibited.
Disclaimer: This article does not serve as a piece of financial advice or encouragement and inducement for the usage of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Its primary role is informative, explanatory, and educational. The readers have to decide themselves whether to use or not to use these types of services.
Often associated with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency tumblers serve a unique and important purpose: to increase the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions. Crypto tumblers have emerged in response to the growing awareness that blockchain transactions are not anonymous. In fact, every cryptocurrency transaction is recorded on a public ledger, the blockchain, and can be traced back to its source.
Why have banks and governments become so hostile to Bitcoin? Is it only because Bitcoin is decentralized and hard to control, or is it because they are simply losing their financial monopoly?
Rooted in blockchain technology, Bitcoin provides a decentralized platform for transactions that empowers individuals to take control of their finances. However, within this realm of empowerment lies a conundrum: the inherent pseudonymous nature of the blockchain.
