Dutch judges will make a ruling today on the Tornado Cash developer case

ChainCatcher news, according to DLNews, a Dutch judge will make a ruling today on the case of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev.

It is reported that 31-year-old Pertsev is accused of laundering $1.2 billion through the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash. If Pertsev is found guilty, experts expect this will have a "chilling effect" on the global open-source community. Developers may be hesitant to write code for fear of misuse, and investments may also decline. If Pertsev is acquitted, then the judge will accept his explanation that the core technology of Tornado Cash—smart contracts—operates legally and independently of human intervention.

More importantly, the operators of such platforms are not responsible for the actions of those who use the technology. The outcome of this case will change the direction of cryptocurrency privacy development.