Virgil Griffith | |
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 Virgil Griffith, 2017 | |
| Born | March 6, 1983 Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Other names | Romanpoet |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
| Occupation(s) | Programmer, Internet and software researcher |
| Known for | Ethereum development, Tor2web, WikiScanner |
| Conviction(s) | Conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. § 1705) |
| Criminal penalty |
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Virgil Griffith (born 1983) is an American programmer. He worked extensively on the Ethereum cryptocurrency platform, designed the Tor2web proxy along with Aaron Swartz, and created the Wikipedia indexing tool WikiScanner. He has published papers on artificial life[2] and integrated information theory.[3] Griffith was arrested in 2019 and in 2021 pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. laws relating to money laundering using cryptocurrency and sanctions related to North Korea.[4] On April 12, 2022, Griffith was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment for assisting North Korea with evading sanctions and is currently in a federal low-security prison in Pennsylvania.[5][6]
- ^ "U.S. Citizen Who Conspired to Assist North Korea in Evading Sanctions Sentenced to Over Five Years and Fined $100,000". U.S. Department of Justice. April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- ^ John Borland (August 14, 2007). "See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign". Wired. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ Griffith, Virgil. "Virgil Griffith's articles on arXiv" (List of papers in a search result.). arXiv. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Fanelli, Virginia (27 September 2021). "Crypto Guru Pleads Guilty to Advising North Korea on Blockchain Technology". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Cryptocurrency expert jailed for advising North Korea how to evade sanctions". ABC News. April 13, 2022 – via www.abc.net.au.
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