Tornado Cash discussion: Crypto & Coffee at 8 with Anish Mohammed CTO of Panther Protocol
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RA George & Anish Mohammed Host: RA George Blockchain DXB Guest: Anish Mohammed, CTO of Panther Protocol

• All opinions expressed are personal Date: 18th August Virtual session: Zoom

Discussion: Tornado Cash • Basic Explanation of Tornado Cash o Different pools use in Tornado Cash o Basic level explanation of Zero-knowledge proof • Ethereum & Open Blockchain: Positive & Negatives o Importance of privacy & the right to choose o Cryptography & use case in Privacy, benefits of privacy o Few suggestions on books to use • Reports identifying illicit activity o On-chain analysis  Easy to identify transactions  More attention to privacy on crypto/blockchain protocols o Off-chain analysis • Impact of Tornado cash on the privacy-focused technology o Software developers’ impact o Cryptographers o Investor feedback • Importance of following local rules & regulations o Complying with local law • Conversation of Web3.0 o How Web2.0 is connected to Web3.0 o How sanctions in Web3.0 impact web2.0  Direct & Indirect requirements to comply with web2.0 • Decentralization gets influenced by Regulations o The implication of people using Tornado Cash o Trolls who are trying to send funds to celebrities with Tornado Cash o Legal implications • Substack article that talks about Decentralization post Tornado Cash o Short term impact  Fear of the unknown  Unclear what to do short term o Impact on other privacy tech systems  Arbitrage being set up  Future impact on working in cryptography & privacy

• Discussion on cryptography associations • Could Tornado Cash sanction impact cryptographers to switch industries o Shorter sighted in solving the problem & the impact would be much larger than expected o Cryptographers & ZK knowledge experts could switch industries o Impact on Protocol  Decentralization  Web2.0 with Web3.0 & vice versa • How they are connected • Importance of bridge • Physical & Virtual • Technical updates with timelines on Cryptography & Zero Knowledge proof & associated technology • Cypherpunk experience since the 1990s o Look backwards for examples o Applied Cryptography o Technical & legal implications of cryptography i.e., 40bits & 128 bits o No one has a monopoly on Mathematics, Language & Human brain o Struggles faced by old-school cryptographers o Creation of TOR o How risk management should be done • Impact on non-cryptocurrency-related protocols that uses privacy such as Keet.io & XX Network o The ability to be blacklisted could be blacklisted o The protocol does not state what communications can be done o Possible impact on protocols o How services from Web2.0 will be impacted most • Clear message to follow local law, rules & regulations o Ethereum developer who has faced legal problems • YouTube video on Economic analysis of private Defi o Link below • Favourite music genre o Ghazals o Favorite artist: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Contact information for Anish Mohammed Telegram: @zeroknowledge

Telegram Group: Crypto with Coffee

Every Saturday17:00pm Current Location: Marine Plaza

Substack: https://anishmohammed.substack.com/

Article on Substack about Tornado Cash: https://bit.ly/3QQgh8Y

Twitter: @anishmohammed

CTO of Pantherprotocol: https://www.pantherprotocol.io/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anishmohammed_privacy-defi-blockchain-activity-6964549741791592448-tvhn/

Article via Bitcoin.com Panther Protocol CTO Anish Mohammed Explains How to Infuse DeFi With Privacy https://bit.ly/3pHP64a

End of the chain Front Running, Sandwiches and Panther Protocol https://bit.ly/3dH80p4

Real Vision TOKENOMICS: ENGINEERING VALUE INTO CRYPTO ASSETS CRYPTOVERSE · Featuring Anish Mohammed and Santiago Velez https://bit.ly/3pF5N02

CNN article Terrorists are using crypto to pay for attacks. It's time to stop them https://cnn.it/3QKQPBG

YouTube:: Economic analysis of private Defi https://bit.ly/3QO4gRh