💸 Rescue a hippo, then help for Roman Storm! Who's next?

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin surprises again! 🚀 He donated 50 ETH (that's almost $170,000) to defend Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm. 💰

Roman found himself in an unpleasant situation: he is accused of money laundering and violating sanctions because he participated in the development of the Tornado Cash platform. 🌪️ This thing helps hide transactions, and the US authorities decided that this is not very good.

⚖️ The trial is scheduled for April 14, and Storm's lawyers have already stated that:

1️⃣ Tornado Cash smart contracts work on their own, like robots. 🤖

2️⃣ Storm cannot control how people use the platform. 🙅‍♂️

Roman himself launched a fund for his defense and has already raised $640,061, but that's only 33% of the $2 million goal. 😅 Thanks to Vitalik, this amount has grown!