GitHub unbans Tornado Cash repositories following OFAC guidance

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Tornado Cash code repositories return to GitHub in read-only mode, implying that the software development platform is yet to restore its full functionality.

OFAC has stated:"U.S. persons would not be prohibited by U.S. sanctions regulations from copying the open-source code and making it available online for others to view"Based on the Ethereum blockchain, Tornado Cash is a tool allowing users to hide their crypto transactions to protect their anonymity by obfuscating information trails on the blockchain.

The ongoing controversy around Tornado Cash has raised a lot of questions in the cryptocurrency and developer community, with many people becoming concerned about legal issues connected to writing open-source code. Some major crypto companies also pushed back against the Treasury Department’s actions, with

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