Coinbase would rather shut down staking than enable on-chain censorship — Brian Armstrong
With the ban on Tornado Cash, many DeFi proponents are worried that crypto exchanges, which are also the key validators of Ethereum, will succumb to pressure and impose protocol-level censorship.
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With the ban on Tornado Cash, many DeFi proponents are worried that crypto exchanges, which are also the key validators of Ethereum, will succumb to pressure and impose protocol-level censorship.
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