{"id":471604,"date":"2022-07-07T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/controversial-mixer-tornado-cash-open-sources-ui-code\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:00:00","slug":"controversial-mixer-tornado-cash-open-sources-ui-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/controversial-mixer-tornado-cash-open-sources-ui-code\/","title":{"rendered":"# Controversial mixer Tornado Cash open-sources UI code"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a259c6fbb0e8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a259c6fbb0e8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/controversial-mixer-tornado-cash-open-sources-ui-code\/#%E2%80%9D_Controversial_mixer_Tornado_Cash_open-sources_UI_code_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Controversial mixer Tornado Cash open-sources UI code  &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Controversial_mixer_Tornado_Cash_open-sources_UI_code_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Controversial mixer Tornado Cash open-sources UI code  &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-2a0745c6>Popular cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash has fully <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tornadocash\/tornado-classic-ui\">open-sourced<\/a> its user interface (UI) code \u2014 a move its developers say fulfills their mandate of complete decentralization and transparency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tornado Cash Classic UI became fully open-sourced on Thursday, the protocol\u2019s anonymous developers announced in a Medium blog post. Although the protocol\u2019s UI has been decentralized since 2020, its open sourcing means anyone can analyze Toronado Cash\u2019s UI pools and make pull requests to improve the project. In the software development world, a pull request is when a developer is ready to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pagerduty.com\/resources\/learn\/what-is-a-pull-request\/#:~:text=A%20pull%20request%20%E2%80%93%20also%20referred,with%20the%20main%20project%20repository.\">merge<\/a> new code changes with the project&#8217;s main repository. <\/p>\n<p>Technically, Tornado Cash\u2019s open-sourcing allows anyone to fork the repository and modify the code as they see fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe personally grew fond of the black &amp; green floating astronaut associated with the protocol,&#8221; the developers said, referring to the current website interface. \u201cHowever, you should know our credo by now: We will always lean towards more decentralization. As far as we are concerned, our DAO took a step further with this great progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A DAO, or decentralized autonomous organization, is an internet-native organization collectively managed by its members with no central authority or leadership. Tornado Cash first announced its DAO in mid-2020. <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-07\/002674ea-b422-423f-a1dd-25157f57442e.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tornado Cash&#8217;s total value locked peaked north of $1.1 billion in October 2021. Source: DeFi Llama.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tornado Cash currently has over $300 million in total value locked, or TVL, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/protocol\/tornado-cash\">according<\/a> to DeFi Llama. This figure was closer to $850 million in November 2021 when the project announced the launch of its layer-2 scaling network on Arbitrum. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Crypto privacy is in greater jeopardy than ever before \u2014 Here&#8217;s why<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tornado Cash protocol has been at the center of several decentralized finance exploits, including the $375 million wormhole attack in February and the more recent $100 million Horizon Bridge hack. As a mixer, Tornado Cash allows cryptocurrency users to obfuscate transaction trails. Currently, the protocol supports mixing a maximum of 100 Ether (ETH) at a time. <\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"crypto_biz\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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