2019-12-4 23:15 |
The case offers a litmus test of sorts: Was Griffith's appearance in North Korea a brazen violation of economic sanctions or a noble act of spreading ethereum's gospel of global reinvention? origin »
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U. S. law enforcement filed in November criminal charges against Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith because he traveled to North Korea and taught “his audience how to use blockchain technology.
2019-12-30 20:38 | |
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The Ethereum Foundation has fully distanced itself from one of their key employee who was arrested for giving a conference presentation in North Korea. “The Foundation is aware of the... The post Ethereum Foundation Throws Virgil Griffith Under The Bus appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-12-1 21:49 | |
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Ethereum Foundation member Virgil Griffith was arrested on Thursday for traveling to North Korea to hold presentations regarding crypto and blockchain technologies and their use for evading sanctions.
2019-11-30 13:40 | |
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Virgil Griffith, a research scientist with the Ethereum Foundation and citizen of the United States, has been arrested under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in line with the accusation that Griffith helped North Korea understand how they can use cryptocurrency to evade United States economic sanctions on their country.
2019-11-30 10:00 | |
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On Friday the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced the arrest of Ethereum Foundation member Virgil Griffith for allegedly “assisting North Korea in evading sanctions” by teaching “his audience how to use blockchain technology.
2019-11-30 07:05 | |
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Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith was charged for violating federal law after traveling to North Korea to deliver a presentation on using cryptocurrency and blockchain. Allegedly, his talk helped North Korea evade sanctions.
2019-11-30 01:32 | |
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Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith was charged for violating federal law after traveling to North Korea to deliver a presentation on using cryptocurrency and blockchain. Allegedly, his talk helped North Korea evade sanctions.
2019-12-1 01:32 | |
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Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith was arrested for teaching North Korea about crypto. A decade earlier, the NYT wrote an eerily prophetic profile on him. The post Crypto Developer’s Arrest for Aiding North Korea Echoes Eerily Prophetic 2008 NYT Profile appeared first on CCN.com
2019-11-30 01:02 | |
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Special thanks to the Gitcoin team and especially Frank Chen for working with me through these numbers The next round of Gitcoin Grants quadratic funding has just finished, and we the numbers for how much each project has received were just released.
2019-10-30 04:03 | |
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Prominent Muslim scholars and financial advisors released a white paper declaring Ethereum “halal,” or permissible, according to Islamic Sharia law. The clarity for Muslim purchasers may stimulate additional demand for Ether.
2019-8-30 03:21 | |
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When mainstream adoption? That question has been on hodlers’ minds ever since Bitcoin’s inception. The most common trope centers around buying a cup of coffee using Bitcoin. In an effort to onboard new users, and to make it easier to buy a cappuccino with crypto, Ethereum developer Austin Griffith created the Burner Wallet in November […] The post Burner Wallets: A Safe Way To Buy Dinner With Ether appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-3-26 01:05 | |
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In a Medium Post titled, “Ethereum in Emerging Economies,” written by Burner Wallet creator, Austin Thomas Griffith, the overall goal of inducing mainstream adoption of Ethereum was emphasized. By the looks of it, Griffith argues that this can be done with decentralized apps (DApps) and notes how this newly launched Burner Wallet can make that […]
2018-11-12 01:37 | |
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Seminar from Santa Fe Institute in which Virgil Griffith, research scientist for Ethereum, discusses research problems in Blockchain and Ethereum. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc, Also read Lear Capital: Financial Products You Should Avoid? Virgil Griffith, Ethereum – Research Problems in Blockchain and Ethereum Transcript But are you sure that that’s the […]
2018-6-30 19:23 | |
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The Spanish police reported the apprehension of pro-Pyongyang group founder Alejandro Cao de Benos at Madrid's Atocha train station upon arriving from Barcelona
Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith, currently serving a five-year prison sentence, has been issued a 10-year export privilege bar by the Department of Commerce, rendering him ineligible for export privileges until April 12, 2032. The export privilege bar comes as a…
An Ethereum engineer who gave a lecture on how to use blockchain technology in North Korea was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Tuesday. Cryptocurrency expert Virgil Griffith will pay a $100,000 fine for assisting North Koreans in evading US sanctions through the use of cryptocurrencies.
American programmer and developer Virgil Griffith pleaded guilty today to violating U. S. sanctions law. Griffith created Wikipedia indexing tool WikiScanner, co-designed the Tor2web proxy, and was a senior research scientist with the Ethereum Foundation who at one point led special projects for the platform.
U.S. Judge Kevin Castel also denied the ethereum developer’s request for more details about what he’s being charged with.
Virgil Griffith, a crypto developer accused of helping North Korea evade sanctions through speaking at a Pyongyang crypto conference in 2019, must now face a jury.
Attorneys for Virgil Griffith want the U.S. government to specify the charges he’s facing rather than a broad claim that he violated U.S. sanctions.