{"id":493449,"date":"2025-08-11T21:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=493449"},"modified":"2025-08-11T23:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:57:30","slug":"crypto-developer-walks-free-from-turkish-custody-after-privacy-protocol-research-triggers-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-developer-walks-free-from-turkish-custody-after-privacy-protocol-research-triggers-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto developer walks free from Turkish custody after privacy protocol research triggers detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain developer known as Fede's Intern<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fede_intern\/status\/1954945403146625291\">confirmed<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his release from Turkish custody on August 11 after authorities detained him over alleged connections to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tornado-cash\/\">Tornado Cash<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The developer posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/x\/\">X<\/a> that international intervention secured his freedom following a<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/turkish-arrest-of-ethereum-developer-raises-alarms-in-crypto-community\/\">brief detention at Izmir airport<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkish police detained the developer upon arrival in Izmir, where he planned to meet with local builders and explore decentralized finance project opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorities cited a case filed by Turkey's Minister of Internal Affairs accusing him of helping others misuse <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a> through alleged connections to mixers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The detention stems from academic research that the developer published on Tornado Cash several years ago, during the period when the mixer's co-founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/alexey-pertsev\/\">Alexey Pertsev<\/a>, was arrested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research, published under the name &#8220;Tutela,&#8221; demonstrated methods to deanonymize users of the privacy mixer rather than developing privacy features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The developer stated:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;We never helped anyone engage in illegal activity, it was purely research on mixers and their properties. 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Countries that often fall somewhere between incompetent, broken, and utterly corrupt.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monahan was likely referencing the recent conviction of Tornado Cash developer <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/roman-storm\/\">Roman Storm<\/a> in the US, who was<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/jury-convicts-roman-storm-on-unlicensed-money-transmission-hung-on-laundering-not-guilty-on-sanctions\/\">found guilty<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MetaMask security lead and other crypto advocates have criticized the decision, claiming that open-source software developers can't be held responsible for its usage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchain developer known as Fede&#8217;s Intern confirmed his release from Turkish custody on August 11 after authorities detained him over alleged connections to Tornado Cash. 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