What is Tornado Cash?

Tornado Cash is a decentralized crypto mixer that enhances transaction privacy on public blockchains. It uses smart contracts and zero-knowledge proofs to conceal the onchain link between the sender and receiver of a transaction.

Tornado Cash is a decentralized crypto mixer that enhances transaction privacy on public blockchains. It uses smart contracts and zero-knowledge proofs to conceal the onchain link between the sender and receiver of a transaction.

Launched by Roman Storm and Roman Semenov on Ethereum in 2019, Tornado Cash allows users to send and receive cryptocurrency anonymously, without exposing their wallet history. Unlike centralized mixers, Tornado Cash operates entirely onchain through immutable smart contracts, meaning no central party controls the funds.

Launched by Roman Storm and Roman Semenov on Ethereum in 2019, Tornado Cash allows users to send and receive cryptocurrency anonymously, without exposing their wallet history. Unlike centralized mixers, Tornado Cash operates entirely onchain through immutable smart contracts, meaning no central party controls the funds.

When a user deposits crypto, such as Ether (ETH), Tornado Cash generates a cryptographic note, which the user can later use to withdraw the same amount to a different address.

When a user deposits crypto, such as Ether (ETH), Tornado Cash generates a cryptographic note, which the user can later use to withdraw the same amount to a different address.

The protocol was launched to boost privacy in Ethereum-based transactions. Over time, the developers have expanded its functionality to support multiple Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains, including BNB Smart Chain (BSC), Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum and Avalanche.

Tornado Cash supports several ERC-20 tokens and native ETH across Ethereum and other EVM-compatible blockchains. At its peak usage, Tornado Cash supported several ERC-20 tokens, including:

* Aave Token (AAVE)

* Aave Token (Aave)

* Agrocoin (MOO)

* Animoca Brands Token (AGIX)

* Balancer (BAL)

* Band Protocol (BAND)

* BAT

* Binance Coin (BNB)

* Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

* Chainlink (LINK)

* ClearCoin (CLR)

* Compound (COMP)

* Crypto.com Chain (CRO)

* dHedge (DHG)

* Enzyme (MLE)

* Ethereum (ETH)

* Fetch.AI (FET)

* Frax Share (FRX)

* Harvest Finance (HARVEST)

* Hegic (HEGIC)

* Huobi Token (HT)

* Keep Network (KP3R)

* LBank Exchange Token (LBC)

* MKR

* Mr.

* Optimism (OP)

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