#59 - Marc Boiron on the playbook for Sufficient Decentralization

Marc Boiron (@boironattorney) is the Chief Legal Officer of the Polygon companies and a strategic advisor at Variant Fund, an early-stage fund investing in web3. He’s also a board member of the DeFi Education Fund. Marc recently published an excellent article, titled “Sufficient Decentralization: A playbook for Web3 builders and lawyers.” 

In this episode, we dive deep into Marc's article to highlight how builders and lawyers should think about sufficient decentralization. We also touch on Marc’s journey and his thoughts on the current state of crypto regulation.

Show highlights:

[2:03] Marc's introduction to Bitcoin

[9:27] Why decentralization is important

[17:08] Best practices in decentralization

[24:00] The critical point in Marc's paper

[37:40] Airdrops & the Howey Test

[42:00] Mutation doctrine

[53:00] Tools for DAO communities

& much more.

Resources:

Sufficient Decentralization: A Playbook for web3 Builders and Lawyers

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