Virgil Griffith, Ethereum Developer, Released on Bail for New Year
Cryptovest
Published Dec 31, 2019 07:49AM ET
Updated May 30, 2020 12:03PM ET
Virgil Griffith, Ethereum Developer, Released on Bail for New Year
The crypto space is no playground, as Virgil Griffith found out. During a crypto conference in Pyongyang, Griffith reportedly shared significant details about the Ethereum platform, while also discussing the possibility to mine ETH in North Korea.
The trouble arrived when conversations surfaced of attempts to import mining rigs and graphic cards to North Korea. This broke the US embargo laws, and Griffith was taken under arrest at the beginning of December.
Brian Klein, Griffith’s lawyer, tweeted the news of the bailout:
https://twitter.com/brianeklein/status/1211741422581366787
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