Sep 20 2022 21 mins 5
"I'll take the opposed, in that I think there is decent precedent to find ETH to not be a security in a post-merge environment. Let's breakdown some specifics:"
In this readthrough I'm going to Twitter for the first time to read a 43 long tweet thread (yup - 43 tweets) by @adamscochran, aka Adam Cochran, Partner at CEHV and Adj. Professor of Info Sci/Biz Analysis. He analyzes whether Ethereum's shift to Proof of Stake makes it eligible to be names a security by the SEC and analyzes Ethereum vs the Howie test, previous rulings in the US court system and theories of what different staking make ups could lead to.
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Follow Adam on Twitter: @adamscochran
Adam Levitin's tweet thread making the case for why PoS is a security: https://twitter.com/AdamLevitin/status/1550990967670554624
Adam Chocran's tweet thread responding and making the case why PoS is NOT a security: https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1551278224218488832
Adam has put the thread into a website: https://isethereumasecurity.com/
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