{"id":26007,"date":"2025-08-12T10:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/crypto-developer-announces-release-in-turkey\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T10:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:27:38","slug":"crypto-developer-announces-release-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/crypto-developer-announces-release-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Developer Announces Release in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Argentine blockchain developer known by the pseudonym Fede\u2019s intern has announced his release in Turkey. He was previously <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/crypto-developer-reports-detention-in-turkey\">detained<\/a> in Izmir on charges of aiding in the &#8220;improper use of Ethereum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m finally out, safe and free. There was a small moment were things looked very bad but thanks to help from many I got released. Sorry if I didn\u2019t answer every message. I was in calls non stop the last 24 hours with too many people and I only slept two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I landed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d54KXELtbC\">https:\/\/t.co\/d54KXELtbC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z1c39K1yAS\">pic.twitter.com\/z1c39K1yAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fede\u2019s intern \ud83e\udd4a (@fede_intern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fede_intern\/status\/1954945403146625291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m finally out, safe and free,\u201d he wrote on social network X.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The developer explained that he had flown to Izmir for meetings with colleagues and entrepreneurs regarding a DeFi project. He was detained at passport control and informed of a ban on entering the country.<\/p>\n<p>Later, a lawyer explained that the charge was related to a certain privacy protocol. Fede\u2019s intern speculated that it concerned a research paper on the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cWe did not develop privacy features, but only published code and an article showing how to deanonymize users,\u201d he clarified.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The developer emphasized that his work was purely for research purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Following his release, Fede\u2019s intern announced a donation of $500,000 for the legal defense of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm. He noted that the associated firm Lambda Class initially planned to allocate $50,000 but increased the amount after the incident in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August, Storm was <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jury-returns-partial-guilty-verdict-for-tornado-cash-co-founder-crypto-industry-dismayed\">found<\/a> guilty of conspiracy to conduct an unlicensed money transfer business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Argentine blockchain developer known by the pseudonym Fede\u2019s intern has announced his release in Turkey. He was previously detained in Izmir on charges of aiding in the &#8220;improper use of Ethereum.&#8221; I\u2019m finally out, safe and free. There was a small moment were things looked very bad but thanks to help from many I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1192,46,920],"class_list":["post-26007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-developers","tag-ethereum","tag-turkey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"61","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}