Virgil Griffith
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About
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 and integrated information theory. 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. On April 12, 2022, Griffith was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment for assisting North Korea with evading sanctions. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Born | (1983-03-06) March 6, 1983 (age 43), Birmingham, Alabama, United States | | Other name | Romanpoet | | Occupations | Programmer, Internet and software researcher | | Known for | Ethereum development, Tor2web, WikiScanner | | Conviction | Conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. § 1705) | | Criminal penalty | 63 months imprisonment (2022), $100,000 fine | | Website | [virgil.gr](https://virgil.gr/) |
Experience
Oct 2016 to Mar 2017
Mar 2015 to Feb 2016
Mar 2014 to Nov 2014
Jan 2013 to Jan 2013
Jan 2009 to Jan 2009
Jun 2004 to May 2007
Feb 2003 to Jun 2004
Jan 1999 to Jan 2001
Education
Bachelor of Sciences, Computer and Cognitive Science, 3.7
2002 to 2004
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computation and Neural Systems, 3.4
2007 to 2014