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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Virgil Griffith

1983 - Today

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Virgil Griffith (born 1983), 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 artificial life and integrated information theory. Griffith was arrested in 2019 and in 2021 pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgil Griffith has received more than 256,100 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Virgil Griffith is the 217th most popular computer scientist, the 17,757th most popular biography from United States and the 113th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 19.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Virgil Griffith ranks 217 out of 201. Before him are Maria Klawe, David Karp, Gottfrid Svartholm, Manindra Agrawal, Blake Ross, and Arfa Karim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Virgil Griffith ranks 1,301. Before him are Tyrone Mears, Tsubasa Oshima, Yuya Funatsu, Takuma Hidaka, Jeremy Christie, and Daiki Tamori. After him are Eugene Jeter, James Moga, Kentoku Noborio, Andrew Boyens, Yoshitaka Ohashi, and Leena Jumani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virgil Griffith ranks 17,757 out of 18,182. Before him are Richaun Holmes (1993), Justin Mapp (1984), Dorell Wright (1985), Jenny Simpson (1986), Brianna Rollins-McNeal (1991), and Peter Roskam (1961). After him are Eugene Jeter (1983), Robert Capron (1998), Bobby Ryan (1987), Devin Hester (1982), Erik Johnson (1988), and Erin Cafaro (1983).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Virgil Griffith ranks 113. Before him are Bram Cohen (1975), Danny Hillis (1956), Katie Bouman (1989), John Resig (1984), David Karp (1986), and Blake Ross (1985).

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