{"id":418061,"date":"2020-03-13T20:41:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T20:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=418061"},"modified":"2020-03-13T20:41:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T20:41:19","slug":"coronavirus-spreading-crypto-ethereum-dev-afri-schoedon-infected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/coronavirus-spreading-crypto-ethereum-dev-afri-schoedon-infected\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Spreading In Crypto: Ex-Ethereum Dev Afri Schoedon Infected"},"content":{"rendered":"
The novel coronavirus has started to affect crypto communities, specifically that of Ethereum. After a number of ETH-related events took place in Europe earlier this month, two individuals have announced that they have contracted COVID-19, the illness that is caused by the novel coronavirus that originated in China late last year.<\/p>\n
According to a tweet from Afri Schoedon, an ex-Ethereum developer and programmer, he has just “tested positive for” COVID-19. While it isn’t clear where exactly he caught the virus, Schoedon explains that “given [his] symptoms and timing,” he was probably infected at the Ethereum Community Conference 3 in France, held from March 3rd to 5th.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/a4fri\/status\/88691715<\/p>\n
While unfortunate, the crypto programmer is seemingly not within the high-risk category when having COVID-19, which includes those that are older and those with diabetes and other previous health issues.<\/p>\n
Schoedon’s diagnosis comes just a day or two after\u00a0 Zhen Yu Yong \u2014 co-founder of Torus Labs, a crypto startup working on \u201cone-click logins for your dapp\u201d \u2014 announced on Twitter that he has also been infected.<\/p>\n
Like the Ethereum developer, he attended ETHCC, along with\u00a0ETHLondon, the hackathon that took place from February 28th to March 1st.<\/p>\n
NewsBTC wishes Schoedon and Zhen well, along with others infected with the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Considering that members of the crypto community are contracting COVID-19, it’s no surprise that event organizers have been forced to postpone their events.<\/p>\n