Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin used the Tornado Cash mixing service to donate to Ukraine. He made such a statement in response to Counterfactual co-founder Jeff Coleman.

Coleman noted the need for mixing services in certain situations. According to him, donations in favor of Ukraine can be an example.

“[…] “Even if the government of your country of residence has your full support, you may not want the Russian authorities to know about your actions,” he said.

He wondered if there were any real examples of using Tornado Cash to support Ukraine. In response, Buterin said he interacts with the service for precisely these purposes.

“My goal was to protect buyers [пожертвований], not yourself. In any case, the Russian government knows my position on the Ukrainian issue,” he said.

In April, the Ethereum co-founder sent 1,500 ETH (more than $4.7 million at the time) to help Ukraine. He declared that even before the war began, a Russian attack would harm all humanity.

8 August OFAC It placed Tornado Cash and its associated 39 Ethereum and 6 USDC addresses on the sanctions list. According to the department, since the mixer was created in 2019, attackers have laundered more than $7 billion in cryptocurrencies.

On August 9, Circle blacklisted Tornado Cash USDC wallet addresses. Infura and Alchemy infrastructure platforms blocked RPC-Requests to the mixing service.

Recall that one of the Tornado Cash users sent a small amount of Ethereum from the mixer’s wallets to the addresses of well-known representatives of the crypto industry. Among them are Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and EthHub co-founder Anthony Sassano.

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