Decred in Depth Ep. 41 - Stephen Palley + Gabriel Shapiro (Lexnode) + Luke Powell
In this episode of Decred in Depth (Live) Eduardo will be sitting down with two crypto legal experts, Stephen Palley and Gabriel Shapiro (Lexnode), to discuss the current state of digital-asset regulation and the future of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. We will be joined by Decred core developer, Luke Powell, who will offer his own commentary and questions.
Tune in at 11am EST Friday, Aug. 13th.
0:00 Intro
4:18 can you tell us briefly about your professional background, in particular your areas of practice?
7:01 how would you describe your legal philosophy?
15:25 Luke, what er your thoughts on smart-contract blockchains
17:15 What is the value add of a DAO, what problem does a DAO solve
32:29 What distinguishes a DAO
35:00 Is Decred the one true DAO
40:15 anonymity/incentive issues with DAO voting
43:07 is shareholder voting different than DAO voting
43:37 Why is Stephen skeptical of DAOs as digital manifestations of corporations
46:15 What things are interesting to Stephen
46:38 What do you do with this new coordination mechanism
47:38 are there forks of Decred
48:43 governance/Plutocracy problem with PoS
59:10 how does the proposed infrastructure bill affect the status of PoS assets
1:02:36 “Broker” language in the infrastructure bill
1:03:31 What is a DEX, what are the regulatory impacts of DEX
1:08:05 Lex, can you explain your thoughts about SEC language regarding Poloniex
1:13:32 Stephen, what are your thoughts on Gensler SEC so far
1:15:26 has the crypto industry managed risk well?
1:19:03 How do DAOs fair on the Howey test?
1:21:24 what would you like more regulatory clarity on? Biggest risks and uncertainties?
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