Re: Is Tornado cash still up and usable?

Quote from: Beparanf on April 22, 2023, 10:48:26 PM

AFAIK, the dev is already in the jail and the last update they made was August last year with an existing problem with their code. I think tornado cash is long gone and this new website is just made by someone trying to use the brand with their own gain.

I think this new tornado cash hype is due to the news that the dev is considered to be set free.

https://decrypt.co/137355/dutch-court-agrees-to-free-tornado-cash-dev-alex-pertsev-pending-trial

This is factually incorrect. Yes, the developer is in custody. No, TornadoCash is long gone. See mk4's accurate answer:

Quote from: mk4 on April 23, 2023, 01:00:39 AM

The Tornado Cash smart contract is immutable and hence is still live on the Ethereum blockchain. I'm not sure about that IPFS site, but you can still use Tornado Cash today as long as you know how to manually interact with the smart contract.

Take note that Ethereum and "DeFi" is pretty much useless if a takedown of its front-end website literally kills the platform. The authorities can only take down the domain and the front-end; but the back-end will always be live.

As mk4 said, all you need to do is interact with the TornadoCash front-end in order to interact with it. Similarly, the project is open-source. Anyone can deploy the front-end and connect to the Tornado smart contract and they will have an exact replica of the original TornadoCash. The service is takedown-proof.