Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith was released from prison custody on April 9, the Bureau of Prison (BOP) officials confirmed to Cointelegraph.
According to crypto developer Brantly Millegan, Griffith will remain in a halfway house for several weeks while waiting to complete the next steps in his parole process.
Griffith was arrested in 2019 for giving a lecture about blockchain technology and its power to circumvent US sanctions to an audience in North Korea.
Virgil Griffith pictured in the center with his parents immediately following his release from prison custody on April 9. Source: Brantly Millegan
The US government claimed the researcher violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by giving North Korea „highly technical information” despite the content of the lecture being widely available knowledge published on the internet.
Griffith’s case highlights the tension between blockchain developers and state powers as the nascent technology continues to cr
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