Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking $1M Coinbase account

Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by eloff on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:03PM (#27937152)

Your argument makes a lot of sense. What I don't understand though, is if you share publicly available information, how have you done any harm? How can you have violated sanctions?

Then again if you gave aviation lectures to Al Qaeda after 911, you're definitely doing something wrong, even if it's publicly available information.

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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by rualca on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:56PM (#27937778)

> is if you share publicly available information, how have you done any harm?

Even if your assistance adds low-value, it's still assistance.

Moreover, I don't believe it's reasonable to ignore the fact that a renowned Ethereum dev providing assistance to a hostile regime, regardless of how lame, does have a goal of conveying credibility and help push public acceptance. As a similar example, see for example how Snowden was blindsided by a guy trying to leverage Snowden's attendance as a way to buy him credibility.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epndnz/the-bizarre-case-of-s...

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