Martin: decentralization can help certain parts maybe of the stack keep their neutrality but in the case of tornado I mean they were also a somewhat decentralized entity there were smart contracts. and do you want to hold this power or other ways that you can give up this power so you're basically saying we need to centralize everything.
In this week’s episode, Anna and Martin Köppelmann, Co-Founder of Gnosis discuss the OFAC sanctions against Tornado Cash and the impact this has had on builders in the community. They specifically focus on how the Tornado action helped reveal centralizing forces in Ethereum as well as the need for decentralization.
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