Manta Network Co-Founder: Tornado Cash Ban Could Spell Disaster for Other Privacy Protocols

Speaking to Cointelegraph, Shumo Chu, co-founder of Manta Network expressed worry that the strict sanctions against Tornado Cash could have a knock-on effect on every Web3 protocol including ones providing privacy. Chu added that there have been instances in the past where cryptography developers have been arrested, such as Ethereum developer Virgil Griffiths, but that banning a protocol is "a new paradigm" signaling the government is attempting to put a reign on code and mathematics itself. "They are banning the protocol instead of some people. Essentially this is a piece of code from the Ethereum blockchain."