Ethan Lou

Ethan Lou is the author of Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West. His earlier book, Field Notes from a Pandemic, has received national accolades. Lou is a former Reuters reporter and has served as a visiting journalist at the University of British Columbia.

Latest from Ethan Lou

Finance

Why Did Virgil Griffith Plead Guilty?

The former Ethereum foundation developer pleaded guilty on Monday to advising North Korea on blockchain, reversing course in a pivotal legal case.

Sep 29, 2021

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

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.”

Sep 27, 2021

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