The Solana Policy Institute, a nonprofit Solana defense group, has promised $ 500,000 for the legal defense of the co -founders of Tornado Cash Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev, which adds to the growing financial support of the cryptographic community.
Storm was declared guilty of operating a money transmission business without a license on August 6, while Pertsev was convicted in 2024 money laundering in relation to the development of Tornado CASH, a protocol that allows users to mask the origin and destiny of their cryptography.
The Solana Policy Institute saying In a statement on Thursday that its donation of $ 500,000 will help Storm (which is in subsequent movements seeking to cancel his sentence) and the appeal of Pertsev.
Through the collection of community funds, the Free Roman Storm Fund Ha increase $ 5.5 million to help with your legal defense, about $ 1.5 million of your goal.
Ethereum’s heavyweights are balanced
In a support call in July, Storm asked In a statement X for $ 1.5 million to help with the assembly of legal costs.
Ethereum Core developer, Federico Carrone, said he would contribute with $ 500,000 on August 11, after he was arrested by the Turkish authorities on alleged links with an Ethereum privacy protocol.
The Ethereum Foundation also promised to match up to $ 500,000 in donations to the Storm Defense Fund after its conviction.
The Foundation had already donated $ 500,000 in June and promised to match up to $ 750,000 additional in donations from the cryptographic community.
The Ethereum co -founder, Vitalik Butein, has also contributed to the cause, with two donations for a total of 150 ether, with a value of more than $ 673,000 at current prices.
Other members of the community donate to the cause of Storm
In July, Bill Warren, developer and collaborator of Meta Cartel Dao, saying All the treasure of the group, an un specified amount, had been cleared to support the legal cause of Storm.
Julian Zawistowski, founder of the Golem Project, confirmed that his team had also donated 50 ether in July, with a value of more than $ 224,000 at current prices.
Another considerable donation of the Paradigm investment firm, which promised $ 1.25 million in January, with co -founder Matt Huang saying At that time, “the responsibility of software developers for how third parties use the product would have a chiptography chipter effect and beyond.”
Storm’s case changes the “risk calculation” of developers
Legal professionals and industry observers have condemned the convictions of Torndao cash developers, arguing that it establishes a dangerous precedent for open source developers and has implications for user privacy.
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After his donation, the Solana Policy Institute argued that the accusations behind the sentences are based on a misunderstanding of how Blockchain technology works.
“The logic of the government is simple but dangerous: if you write an open source code that anyone can use, for better or worse, you are responsible for your misuse, even without any continuous control or the ability to control the code in question,” they said.
“If the government can process developers to create neutral tools that others use badly, the calculation of developer risks is fundamentally changed.”
The Blockchain association, a lobby group of the cryptography industry in Washington, made a similar statement after the storm was convicted, and saying The ruling “establishes a dangerous precedent for open source software developers”.
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