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V god signed a petition to free ethereum foundation scientist Virgil Griffith

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The ethereum foundation did not support Virgil Griffith's trip to north Korea.

VitalikButerin, co-founder of ethereum, tweeted today that he would sign a petition to free Virgil Griffith, a scientist at the ethereum foundation. V god says his reasons for signing can be opened by two things. [I] conflict of interest disclosure: Virgil is a friend of mine and [ii] this has nothing to do with ethereum foundation. The ethereum foundation does not pay or help; Many people object to Virgil's private trips. Meanwhile, Mr. Virgil said he did not believe that Mr. Virgil's actions had given north Korea any real help. He * made a speech based on open source software information *. There were no strange "advanced tutorials" for hackers, and Virgil made no money on the trip. In the end, god said he wanted the United States to show strength, not weakness, and to focus on the really harmful corruption that it and all other countries are fighting, rather than chasing programmers to repeat public messages and deliver speeches.

Many on twitter expressed support for god V and signed the petition.

BlockBeats previously reported that Virgil Griffith, a scientist with the ethereum foundation, was arrested by the fbi on November 30 and charged with violating the Emergency Economic Powers Act. Griffith traveled to north Korea in April 2019 to attend and attend the Pyongyang blockchain and cryptocurrency conference, after the state department barred him from visiting the country, U.S. authorities said. At the meeting, Griffith and others "discussed how north Korea is using blockchain and cryptocurrency technology to launder money and evade western economic sanctions."