MilestoneEthereum2022
Tornado Cash Sanctions
OFAC sanctioned Tornado Cash smart contracts, sparking debates on code as speech and censorship.
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Key Facts
Peak metricSanctioned addresses on-chain
OutcomeFrontends geoblocked; dev arrested
ChainEthereum
Year2022
Typemilestone
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privacyregulationsanctions
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