GitHub, the internet’s most widely used software hosting platform. It lifted its ban on Tornado Cash’s open source repositories on Thursday.
However, the Microsoft-owned platform has restored code to “read-only” mode, making it only possible to open and read code, the move came after the US Treasury Department clarified that sanctions on Tornado Cash did not affect its sanctions. People’s ability to share and read app code
in august Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (OFAC).blacklistedUsing Tornado Cash and some Ethereum wallet addresses connected to the app. Claims that cybercriminals use it for money laundering. And in response to the sanctions, GitHub has removed all Tornado Cash Code in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Then on September 13, the Ministry of Finance clarified that “People in the United States will not be prohibited by US sanctions regulations from copying open-source code and making it available to others online. including talking teaching or including open-source code in a written publication.”
After this clarification, GitHub revised the comprehensive ban on applications. And although the platform does not restore the full functionality of Tornado Cash, it is currently still in read-only mode. So while the user can open and read the code But it cannot be modified or deployed on the platform.
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