The former Bitcoin Jesus Roger Ver tweeted to supportthe Ethereum research team member Virgil Griffith. He has beenarrested for travelling to North Korea in April this year to partake in the local blockchain and cryptocurrency conference wherehe reportedlyshowed the audience how the Ethereum blockchain could be used for averting the impact of the US sanctions.

Roger Ver tweeted:

People opposing sanctions are opposing war.

In the comment thread, the venture investor Calvin Ayre who is a major supporter of the Bitcoin SV chain and the self-proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright wrote that Roger Ver is going against his own government and that is normally considered treason. With capital punishment to follow, he adds.

Calvin Ayre and Roger Ver are on the opposites sides of the war field, since back in November 2018, Ayre supported Craig Wright in conductingthe Bitcoin Cash hard fork and the Bitcoin SV creation. That event made the Bitcoin price plunge and caused a long lasting bloodbath in the crypto market.

Virgil Griffith was arrested by FBI for providing data to North Korea on how to evade the US sanctions.

The press release from the US authorities states:

As alleged, Virgil Griffith provided highly technical information to North Korea, knowing that this information could be used to help North Korea launder money and evade sanctions. In allegedly doing so, Griffith jeopardized the sanctions that both Congress and the president have enacted to place maximum pressure on North Koreas dangerous regime.

Earlier this year, when Griffith announced his intention to go to the conference in North Korea and asked whether anyone wanted to join him, Vitalik Buterin replied to him: Enjoy.

A prominent Tron supporter and the CCO of BeatzCoin, Misha Lederman, assumes that the current situation may do serious harm to the reputation of Ethereum which will be hard to correct.

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'Bitcoin Jesus' Roger Ver Supports Arrested Ethereum Dev, Calvin Ayre Accuses Him of Treason - U.Today