What is tornado cash?

Tornado Cash is community-based – in May 2020, the Tornado developers surrendered the management of the protocol's multi-signature wallet via a contract update referred to as Trusted Setup Ceremony. Therefore, the founders lost control of Tornado, making it a completely decentralized protocol. TORN is the native currency of Tornado Cash.

Can I transfer tokens from tornado cash to a non-custodial wallet?

However, when tokens are either deposited or withdrawn from Tornado Cash, there is no link between that address and the new one. For this reason, you can request your funds to be sent to Tornado Cash, and withdraw them into your non-custodial wallet.

Why does tornado cash have a unique twist to liquidity mining?

This unique twist to liquidity mining exists because of the obvious reason. Mining pool deposits would be visible, defeating the privacy angle of Tornado Cash. With anonymity mining, users are protected from this through generated Anonymity Points whenever they deposit any token to Tornado Cash.

What does the tornado sanction mean for CoinDesk?

CoinDesk spoke with Seth to discuss the potential fallout from the Tornado sanction, the need for base-layer private blockchains and how to maintain your autonomy in an increasingly surveilled world. The conversation has been lightly edited for clarity. What are your thoughts on this news?