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Ethereum Core Dev Safe and Free after her detention in Türkiye


Ethereum Core Federico Carrone, known as “Fede’s Internet”, confirmed that he was released after his arrest in Türkiye for 24 hours due to the alleged links of ETHEREUM Protocol.

“I finally went out, secure and free. There was a small moment that was very bad, but thanks to the help of many, Carrone He said In the post on Monday.

According to Caron, the Minister of Internal Affairs in Türkiye accused him of “helping others to Miserium” in the alleged relationship with privacy protocol. Caron said he believed he was linked to a research paper in January 2022 that valued the user’s installation on ETAREUM and Tornado Cash.

“We have not helped anyone engage in illegal activity, as it was a purely research on mixers and its characteristics,” Caron said.

Privacy -focused encryption sheet that Caron believes has resulted in the source of his detention: Federico Karon

The incident adds to a disturbing direction for encryption developers who are arrested and detained in contacts of open source privacy protocols-nothing more Hurricane criticism Participated creators, Alexei Persif and Roman Storm, who is awaiting a final ruling on a high -level trial in New York.

That result can Create a precedent To criminalize open source privacy tools-at least in the United States-which is a serious danger to Innovation, decentralized financing With the large limitations of privacy.

Caron is now in Europe after receiving help

While Caron is Now in Europe, He said that the situation does not seem early, after he was said to be stripped of his mobile phone and will not be able to talk to anyone.

Fortunately, some of his friends close to the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Argentina and even the Catholic Church immediately intervened, as some senior officials in Turkey contacted his release.

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Caron added to the members of the Solana Ecosystem contacts and offered help.

“I will never forget their help and I will one day return to everyone who supported me.”

Caron took a personal photo after releasing the Turkish authorities. source: Federico Karon

Caron is ready to return to Türkiye to solve it

Although the case is still continuing, according to Karon, adding that his Turkish lawyer is still working on his defense.

“We still have no full picture of what happened or why that happened, but we will attend the best team we can and solve this,” Caron said. “If necessary, [once] Things are resolved, I will return to wipe my name and defend ourselves. “

Caron offers a huge donation of the legal defense of Storm

On Tuesday, Caron said Donate At a value of $ 500,000 of the ether (Eth) To Help Legal defense of the storm in light of what happened to him.

“Roman’s legal defense is concerned because the builders everywhere need to know that they can push innovation forward and that society will stand behind them when they do.”

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