What happened: Cyclone protocol aims to introduce privacy to Ethereum transactions. Problem here is that the are copying the another older project that is already doing the same, Tornado Cash. As you can see they are using similar name, they have similar looking website and Cyclone Protocol took some content content from Tornado Cash.
Edit: seems like they mentioned that Cyclone is forked Tornado, so I stand corrected but nevertheless I would still advise everyone to stay away from this as it looks like there is very little effort involved in this.
ANN
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5310841.0Archive
https://archive.fo/e3IySWebsite
https://cyclone.xyzArchive
https://web.archive.org/web/20210120074058/https://cyclone.xyz/Tornado Cash website
https://tornado.cashDomain Name: CYCLONE.XYZ
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First let's start with their opening lines in their ANN thread, which they took from Tornado Cash Medium article
By default, your entire blockchain transaction history and balances are public. All transactions can be seen on block explorers like Etherscan, and anyone who knows that you own a particular address can easily view your payments, trace the source of your funds, calculate your holdings, and analyze your on-chain activity.
But what if you did not want your history and balances to be publicly viewed by everyone? What if you wanted anonymity and privacy when it came to your transactions?
By default, your entire Ethereum transaction history and balances are public. All transactions can be seen on block explorers like Etherscan, and anyone who knows that you own a particular address can easily view your payments, trace the source of your funds, calculate your holdings, and analyse your on-chain activity.
But what if you did not want your history and balances to be publicly viewed by everyone? What if you wanted anonymity and privacy, when it came to your transactions?
Cyclone applies zkSNARKs to enable transactional privacy by breaking the on-chain link between depositor and recipient addresses. It uses a smart contract that accepts coins/tokens deposits, which can be withdrawn by a different address. Whenever an asset is withdrawn from Cyclone, there is no way to link the withdrawal to the deposit for absolute privacy.
Tornado improves transaction privacy by breaking the on-chain link between recipient and destination addresses. It uses a smart contract that accepts ETH deposits that can be withdrawn by a different address. Whenever ETH is withdrawn by the new address, there is no way to link the withdrawal to the deposit, ensuring complete privacy.
Then let's move on the website comparison, Everything is pretty obvious here. Imagine how competent and hard working they are when they can't be bothered to make even these basics by themselves. Instead they opted for ripping of Tornado visual style too,
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2Fbvm3qVdB%2Ftornado1.png&t=665&c=MIAejDly2nkrUg)
And this is how it looks when you click on the "App" button. Copy/Paste continues.
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F6QPnHk8t%2Ftornado2.png&t=665&c=E-lWXUu9ZbhpTw)