From the article:
> One plaintiff in the lawsuit is a crypto investor who used Tornado Cash to send funds to support the Ukrainian war effort, hoping to preserve his anonymity and avoid retaliation from the Russian government.
> One plaintiff in the lawsuit is a crypto investor who used Tornado Cash to send funds to support the Ukrainian war effort, hoping to preserve his anonymity and avoid retaliation from the Russian government.
A better example might be to pay for a legal service without revealing your entire wallet balance to that service.
They kill people wherever they want to kill people, and it's entirely reasonable to be afraid even if you don't live in Russia.
Also I should've read the full article first.
not rare, 12,000+ unique users on just the ethereum network alone
only a handful would be from large scale hacks, a bigger handful from phishing
even the treasury's estimates were that less than 20% of use was illicit, it is a totally new standard to vilify it based on whatever it is vilified for
I would assume making a nontrivial donation in fiat privately is also very difficult.