Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith got seven months shaved off his sentencing, a judge ordered this week.

Griffith was sentenced to 63 months, or about five years, in April 2022 after U.S. prosecutors said he violated sanctions law when he traveled to North Korea in 2019 to "deliver a presentation and technical advice on using cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to evade sanctions."

U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel ordered Griffith's sentencing reduced to 56 months, noting challenges and some "disciplinary infractions" he has received while in prison. 

"The need to protect the public from further crimes of this defendant has somewhat dissipated, although the Court does note the defendant’s 'rule infractions' while in BOP [Bureau of Prisons] custody," the judge said in a …