Alexander Urbelis
@aurbelis
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urbelis.eth | General Counsel / CISO @ ENS Labs | Former NFL CISO | Co-host @HackerRadioShow | Law Prof at King’s College (London)
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Gm, Devcon. I have an important update about Virgil for the community. So many friends from this week have been asking about Virgil and when he's being released. Here's how things are going when he's coming home.
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Frens, we are delighted to hear of Ross Ulbrict's pardon and we are actively seeking the same relief for Virgil. We've been in touch with numerous parties but need the support of the blockchain and Ethereum community to propel this forward. Virgil should *not* be in prison, and suffering under restrictions for several more years, for giving a PowerPoint presentation about blockchain. This injustice is profoundly un-American and we hope the Administration will right this wrong. @elonmusk
Gm, Devcon. I have an important update about Virgil for the community. So many friends from this week have been asking about Virgil and when he's being released. Here's how things are going when he's coming home.
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A really excellent analysis of DAO security vulnerabilities and mitigating controls -- and prepared in part by a great friend of ENS, @eth_limo. Well done and highly recommended.
Announcing new research, funded by the @ethereum ESP grants program, in collaboration with @tallyxyz & @eth_limo: State of DAO Security: Vulnerabilities & Applicable Controls 📍Link: By exploring common vulnerabilities, this work outlines practical controls to help DAOs improve their security posture. If you're DAO-curious, check it out and contribute to advancing DAO security. The work is open-source, project-agnostic, and non-prescriptive!
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@aliner This is not accurate. I’m Virgil’s lawyer. We wish it were true but it’s likely to be April 2025 when Virgil is released to a halfway house.
Unfortunately this info about Virgil is inaccurate - see my pinned tweet. Virgil is scheduled to be released to a halfway house in April 2025, but hopefully that will happen sooner. Free Virgil.
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It’s on. 2025 should watch out for ENS.
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The legal principle at play here is likely the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, a post Civil War law that restricts the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies. Good policy for 146 years but certainly didn’t contemplate a 21st century drone invasion on US soil.
I have no thesis on what this is. But an official statement by the US Department of Defense that they don’t know what’s going on in their own airspace is concerning on many levels. In part it appears they don’t know because they can’t know. There is some dumb legal interpretation that currently prevents the Department of Defense from actually defending the US from possibly hostile foreign aircraft.
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I believe the DNS data reflects a tired, frustrated populace, and says more about the inadequacies of our legal system, its remedies, and its ability to hold power to account. With so many lives shattered and ruined, I hope this moment of historical outrage sparks change and accountability.
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