Watched this earlier today, it seemed like a productive discourse
You can tell Erik has a stronger grasp, but showed deference to SBF in a “You gotta trust the person in the room” way
I never felt like SBF was lobbying on my behalf, but under Erik’s influence, I do feel better
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I feel like Erik would blow an actual negotiation -- though I highly respect his thoughts and position.
I don't think an absolutist, purist position is possible here. If we gambled with that, we'd all get nothing.
SBF is practical. He's balancing many, many things.
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Let's be really clear... My suggestion to Sam wasn't to take an absolutist, purist position. That's a strawman.
My suggestion was highly pragmatic and prudent: don't include defi in a bill that intends to regulate BSA-registered financial intermediaries.
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hm so I think you and I have fairly different priors on what would be interpreted in DC as 'absolutist' and 'purist'
but idk maybe you're right! I'm guessing you've spent a bunch of time talking to lawmakers and regulators from both parties and gotten positive feedback?
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Purist = free-market capitalism. No regulations of voluntary transactions between consenting adults.
Anything less than that is already a compromise.
I have no doubt a great many compromises will be in the DCCPA. Nobody should accept targeting defi as one of them.
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don't think it does target DeFi, do you? If so, where/why? (Also what does 'targeting' mean?)
I hear you on free markets! I think DC is more complex right now, but again, I'm probably just off-base here--how have your conversations with politicians gone?
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a lot of people throwing shade but sam spent so much time, money, and efforts on building the bridge with DC and the relationships
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heh idk hopefully I did net good for the world
in the end time will judge us all
hopefully someone else has them to take up the mantle?
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good and bad are subjective, i don’t know how any of this is going to shape up but even as a web3 gaming studio founder i can tell you that the lack of regulatory framework is troublesome.
the ideal path for us is one where you’re involved intimately, sam.
it’s not binary.
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read the poem i quote retweeted the tweet above with and enjoy your weekend king
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at the end of the day we're all alone with the things we've done
all we can do is fight for what we think is right in the way we think is right
and to make sure others have the freedom to as well
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Good thoughtful discussion here this is what we need. If we can't openly talk on a platform like this we're not getting anywhere. Thank you we appreciate you






