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Policy

7 Nights in Pyongyang: Inside the North Korean Trip That Got Ethereum’s Virgil Griffith Arrested

The Ethereum Foundation’s Virgil Griffith pled guilty Monday to charges related to his trip to North Korea for a blockchain conference. Author Ethan Lou was on that trip. The following is adapted from Lou’s new book, “Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West.”

Virgil Griffith

Markets

Ethereum Foundation Says Berlin Hard Fork Addressed 'Clear and Present' Threat

The vulnerability was first discovered in late 2019.

Berlin, Germany

Markets

Reddit Joins With Ethereum Foundation to Build Scaling Tools

The social media firm will dedicate developer resources to support scaling efforts for Ethereum.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

Finance

Ethereum Foundation Makes Second Crypto Donation to UNICEF

Thanks to a second donation from the Ethereum Foundation, UNICEF will give cryptocurrency to several more startups in emerging markets.

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Tech

How the Ethereum Foundation Got UNICEF to Embrace Blockchain

A donation to UNICEF may be the Ethereum Foundation’s shrewdest investment yet.

Karim Chabrak leading a token workshop in Tunisia. (Photo courtesy of Coinsence)

Markets

Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith to Be Released on Bail to Parents

Ethereum Foundation developer Virgil Griffith is slated to be released on bail to his parents in Alabama.

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse image via Wikimedia Commons

Markets

Ethereum Network Draws Developer Ire After Scheduling New Year's Day Upgrade

The organization behind ether, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency, is drawing criticism from developers after scheduling an upgrade on New Year's Day – a work holiday in most countries.

Credit: Shutterstock

Markets

Freedom Fighter or Fool? Jury's Out on Arrested Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith

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?

Virgil Griffith speaks at Consensus: Singapore 2018, photo via CoinDesk archives

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