Tornado Cash founder released from prison! Court suspends pre-trial detention of Alexey Pertsev, Vitalik Buterin retweeted support

Alexey Pertsev, founder of the Ethereum protocol Tornado Cash, has been granted provisional release by the court to prepare an appeal under electronic surveillance. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin retweeted his support. (Synopsis: U.S. court revokes sanctions on mixer Tornado Cash, Vitalik expects founder to be released) (Background supplement: Tornado Cash enters trial in the United States "maximum sentence of 45 years", writing the program is Money Laundering crime? Alexey Pertsev, founder of the Ethereum protocol Tornado Cash, was arrested and imprisoned by police in the Netherlands in August 2022, and the community that supports the spirit of Open Source software has long supported Pertsev. After almost two and a half years in prison, Pertsev said on X last night that he would be provisionally released under electronic surveillance after a Dutch court ruled that he was expected to be released at 10 a.m. on February 7. "Dear frens, on Friday, February 7th at 10 a.m., I will be free! It's not true freedom, but it's better than being in prison. Today, a Dutch court suspended my pretrial detention under electronic surveillance. This will give me the opportunity to continue preparing for appeal and fighting for justice." Alexey Pertsev, who was sentenced to 64 months in prison by a Dutch court in May 2024 for Money Laundering, has said he will appeal. Dear Friends, on Friday 7 February at 10 am I will be free! It is not real freedom, but it is better than prison. Today, a Dutch court suspended my pretrial detention under the condition of electronic monitoring. This will give me a chance to work on my appeal and fight for... — Alexey Pertsev (@alex_pertsev) February 6, 2025 Encryption Community Supports "Coding Freedom" Pertsev emphasized in the post that " #FREEDOM TO CODE" has become an important tagline for the encryption community in solidarity with developers. Many in the industry believe that the arrest and charges against Tornado Cash developers could pose a threat to Open Source software development and code freedom. A well-known mixer, Tornado Cash was placed on a sanctions list by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in August 2022 for allegedly being used by North Korean hackers to use Money Laundering for more than $1 billion, prohibiting Americans from using the protocol. Co-founders Alexey Pertsev, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov have also been charged with Money Laundering. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin also retweeted the news and publicly expressed his support. No man left behind.@rstormsf and @alex_pertsev next. Tornado Cash itself won an important case today: — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 22, 2025 Related Stories U.S. Court Lifts Sanctions Against Mixer Tornado Cash, Vitalik Founder Expected to Be Released U.S. Court: Treasury Department's "Sanction Tornado Cash Ultra Vires" Smart Contract is not property, will founder Money Laundering's charges be dropped? Tornado Cash enters trial in the United States "maximum sentence of 45 years", writing the program is Money Laundering crime? The founder of the Tornado Cash Mixer is out of prison! The court suspended Alexey Pertsev's pretrial detention, and Vitalik Buterin forwarded the support" This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Block Chain News Media."