{"id":41686,"date":"2025-08-12T10:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=41686"},"modified":"2025-08-12T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:02:08","slug":"who-is-ethereum-developer-federico-carrone-core-dev-freed-after-kidnap-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=41686","title":{"rendered":"Who is Ethereum Developer Federico Carrone? Core Dev Freed After Kidnap in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ethereum developer Federico Carrone, known as \u201cFede\u2019s Intern\u201d on X, has been released after a 24-hour detention in Turkey over alleged links to an <a class=\"cpp-widget-coin cpp-widget-99btc\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored\" data-symbol=\"eth\" data-name=\"Ethereum\" data-price=\"4289.857100000000000\" data-change=\"0.45\" data-chart-style=\"99btc\" data-cta_text=\"Buy with Best Wallet\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimg.co\/coinlogo\/4\/5b7fc72f06f17.svg\" alt=\"eth logo\">ETH <span style=\"color: #37a72b;\">\u25b20.45%<\/span><\/a> privacy protocol.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\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,\u201d \u2013 Federico Carrone, X post<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carrone said Turkey\u2019s Minister of Internal Affairs accused him of \u201chelping others misuse <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Ethereum<\/a>,\u201d which was allegedly linked to a January 2022 research paper examining Ethereum privacy <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">and<a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Tornado<\/a><\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\u00a0Cash<\/a> mixers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never helped anyone engage in illegal activity; it was purely research on mixers and their properties,\u201d Carrone told reporters.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 774px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-08\/01989bf6-9308-75a3-b68c-7302951d1166\" alt=\"\" width=\"774\" height=\"1024\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2201.06811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Who is Ethereum Developer Federico Carrone? Allegations and International Intervention<\/h2>\n<p>Carrone, a ZK and Ethereum infrastructure developer, said he was being held in Izmir and warned of possible charges, despite insisting that his companies operate transparently and in partnership with European governments.<\/p>\n<p>It took contacts in over 10 countries, industry peers, and Catholic Church representatives lobbying Turkish authorities to free him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey wanted to take my phone since they considered it a security risk but thanks to some friends calls they didn\u2019t,\u201d Carrone said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams called the episode \u201cvery troubling,\u201d pointing to potential fallout for Istanbul\u2019s <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">DevCon 2026 <\/a>ambitions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DISCOVER:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next 1000X Crypto: 10+ Crypto Tokens That Can Hit 1000x in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I decided to donate $500K to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rstormsf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@rstormsf<\/a>\u2019s legal defense. Originally, we planned to give $50K, but after what happened to me, I need to take a clear position so everyone understands what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/class_lambda?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@class_lambda<\/a> stands for.<\/p>\n<p>I understand that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethereumfndn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@ethereumfndn<\/a> will be matching donations up to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fede\u2019s intern <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f94a.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd4a\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> (@fede_intern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fede_intern\/status\/1955048960684405110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Carrone\u2019s arrest adds to a growing wave of prosecutions targeting developers of open-source privacy tools.<\/p>\n<p>Tornado Cash co-founders Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm have faced similar charges. Storm\u2019s upcoming verdict in New York is a potential precedent for criminalizing privacy tech in decentralized finance.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Carrone pledged $500,000 in ETH to Storm\u2019s legal defense. In crypto terms, that\u2019s doubling down on the jailbreak of innocent devs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">20+ Next Crypto to Explode in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Federico Carrone Willing to Return to Turkey to Clear His Name<\/h2>\n<p>Carrone is now in Europe, but says his legal team is in Turkey working on the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still don\u2019t have the full picture of what happened or why it happened, but we will bring in the best team we can and resolve this,\u201d said Carrone.\u00a0 \u201cIf needed, once things are sorted out, I will come back to clear my name and defend myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The situation underscores a growing legal gray zone for crypto developers operating on privacy-focused infrastructure\u2014an area increasingly under government scrutiny worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/xrp-price-jumps-11-after-sec-crypto-unit-tease-xrp-etf-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XRP Price Jumps 11% After SEC Crypto Unit Tease XRP ETF Progress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         Ethereum developer Federico Carrone, known as \u201cFede\u2019s Intern\u201d on X, has been released after a 24-hour detention in Turkey.     <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         Carrone\u2019s arrest adds to a growing wave of prosecutions targeting developers of open-source privacy tools.     <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/who-is-ethereum-developer-federico-carrone-core-dev-freed-after-kidnap-in-turkey\/\">Who is Ethereum Developer Federico Carrone? Core Dev Freed After Kidnap in Turkey<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum developer Federico Carrone, known as \u201cFede\u2019s Intern\u201d on X, has been released after a 24-hour detention in Turkey over alleged links to an ETH \u25b20.45% privacy protocol. \u201cI\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,\u201d \u2013 Federico [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-41686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}