Tornado Cash Developer Raises Concerns About DOJ’s Future Stance on DeFi Litigation

Roman Storm, a developer behind the decentralized privacy protocol Tornado Cash, has sparked concerns about the future of open-source development in the DeFi space. His question to fellow developers: ‘How can you be so sure you won’t be charged by the DOJ as a money service business for building a non-custodial platform?’, highlights growing anxiety within the crypto and open-source communities after his own legal troubles.