Tornado Cash: A Privacy Mixer on Ethereum?

[zasad@]

https://x.com/alex_pertsev/status/1887523522488283488

Alexey Pertsev(C)
"Dear Friends, on Friday 7 February at 10 am I will be free! It is not real freedom, but it is better than prison. Today, a Dutch court suspended my pretrial detention under the condition of electronic monitoring. This will give me a chance to work on my appeal and fight for justice. Thank you to everyone who supported me and who made this possible!"

[Abco]

The use of mixer becomes more dangerous with every day. It is necessary to be very careful with mixers. 
Do not lose you money in mixers 

[zasad@]

https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1894704921997373844

Ethereum Foundation(C)

"The EF is donating $1.25M to the legal defense of Alexey Pertsev.

Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime."

[crypto_maniacc]

I can't find a topic dedicated to tornado cash, so I'll ask here. Do you guys use any swap services to exchange Tornado Cash ETH to USDT? I want to get clean USDT in return, of course. Please recommend a service that I can use.

[rat03gopoh]

I can't find a topic dedicated to tornado cash, so I'll ask here. Do you guys use any swap services to exchange Tornado Cash ETH to USDT? I want to get clean USDT in return, of course. Please recommend a service that I can use.

Mixer isn't designed to “clean” coins. Some centralized services even reject coins from mixers.
Clean coins are those you get directly from mining or staking rewards, or you buy from them. However, I don’t know if there is a dedicated market for that out there.

[crypto_maniacc]

Mixer isn't designed to “clean” coins. Some centralized services even reject coins from mixers.
Clean coins are those you get directly from mining or staking rewards, or you buy from them. However, I don’t know if there is a dedicated market for that out there.

I know that, I need to get clean coins for my eth from tornado cash that is now marked as mixer by aml checkers. What service can I use to get clean usdt?

[rat03gopoh]

I know that, I need to get clean coins for my eth from tornado cash that is now marked as mixer by aml checkers. What service can I use to get clean usdt?

I think you should do some p2p swaps including through private coins like monero and use a new address as USDT receiver. Think about the time lag and gradual exchanges.
I can't recommend any p2p exchange for this particular situation, but a popular one on this forum is exch.net. If it is possible to contact support at each exchange you're gonna deal with, you should consult with them first.

[crypto_maniacc]

I think you should do some p2p swaps including through private coins like monero and use a new address as USDT receiver. Think about the time lag and gradual exchanges.
I can't recommend any p2p exchange for this particular situation, but a popular one on this forum is exch.net. If it is possible to contact support at each exchange you're gonna deal with, you should consult with them first.

I heard that one can get not completely clean coins from exch but I'll contact them anyway, thanks.

I talked to some people on Tornado Cash chat on Telegram, they said that there is a Quickex exchanger and it offers 100% clean coins for tornado cash eth, however they take 2% for it. I'll contact them also and see what comes of it.

[rat03gopoh]

they said that there is a Quickex exchanger and it offers 100% clean coins for tornado cash eth, however they take 2% for it.

Try checking some of the reviews on this page^[1], they have occasionally been reported to have asked for KYC in the past as they apparently have to comply with AML policies anyway.

1. https://www.bestchange.com/quickex-exchanger.html

[crypto_maniacc]

Try checking some of the reviews on this page^[1], they have occasionally been reported to have asked for KYC in the past as they apparently have to comply with AML policies anyway.

1. https://www.bestchange.com/quickex-exchanger.html

Thank you, I've already checked reviews about this service before. When I contacted them, they promised they'll make an exchange of my coins from Tornado Cash to clean coins from CEX for a %. I'll test it some time later with a small amount.

p.s. I made a test exchange of my tornado cash eth (about 100$) to monero, everything went well.

[safar1980]

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Will Stand Trial, DOJ Says
The agency’s affirmation comes after an internal memo signaled a shift in its stance against crypto mixers.
The DOJ said that it would press forward with charges against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm.
The DOJ’s affirmation follows an internal memo that emerged last month and signaled the agency would take a new approach to policing crypto-related crime.
Last year, a federal Manhattan judge rejected Storm’s free speech argument.
The Department of Justice said on Thursday that it would press forward with charges against Roman Storm, who co-founded the Ethereum coin mixer Tornado Cash.

"The Government is proceeding to try Storm on willfully conspiring to commit money laundering, sanctions evasion, and transporting and transmitting funds he knew were criminally derived," a DOJ spokesperson told Decrypt.