Virgil Griffith
American programmer · virgil.gr
Virgil Griffith, 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... Wikipedia
Place of birth: Birmingham, AL
Education: California Institute of Technology (2007–2013), The University of Alabama (2007), The University of Alabama (2002–2004), and more
Affiliation: California Institute of Technology
Research interests: Complexity, Artificial Life, and Neural Computation
Conviction(s): Conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. § 1705)
Criminal penalty: : 63 months imprisonment (2022); $100,000 fine;