Short thread on the most important aspect of the FIT 21 bill - the five prong decentralization test to determine whether or not an asset is a digital commodity. Expect all protocols with goals of decentralizing to be paying very close attention to this test.
Bill text below
Prong 1 - Power Rule
Prong 1 has two subdivisions concerning the previous 12 month period.
(I) - no person* can change the code
*more on what a person is at the end of the thread
(ii) - no person can prohibit any other person from using the system in any way
Prong 1 thus requires protocols not to have admin censorship powers!
Prong 2 - Ownership and Voting
The 2nd prong has three subdivisions
(i) - in the last year, no 'affiliated person' can own 20% of the asset
(ii) - ***no 'person' had the power to direct 20% of voting power***
Think about that. Prong 2 is powerful.
No affiliated person can own 20% would immediately hurt many token generation event plans. Further, dissolution means nothing if the founder/founder's delegates own >20% voting power
*cough* Rune *cough*
Prong 3 - Code Changes
The 3rd prong has two subdivisions.
(i) in the last three(!) months no changes were made to the code by 'persons' except for maintenance, bugs, and vulnerabilities or...
(ii) in the last three months no changes were made unless "adopted through the consensus or agreement of a decentralized governance system."
Prong 3 makes it clear that development teams must take a backseat to DAOs.
Prong 4 - No Marketing as Investment
Doesn't get any simpler - don't market the asset as an investment within the past 3 months
Prong 5 - Rules of Inflation
Token issuance in the last 12 months must be an end user distribution - government talk for an airdrop that: 1 is broadly distributed, 2 relates to the nature of the chain, or 3 is based on the holdings of another asset.
Inflation seemingly cannot go to DAOs based on prong 5 but can be used to incentivize activity like mining or staking.
Pretty much anyone who has had a formal connection to the founding team or company. This is quite broad and it does not appear that the dissolution of a company would offer any protection to the quasi-separate members.
All in all, these five prongs would end up classifying many popular gov tokens as securities, perhaps rightly so.
The prongs are surprisingly thorough and reflect the nuance of crypto. If all assets lived up to these standards we would see less fraud.
I believe FIT 21 is the right decision for crypto and America.
Thank you to all the dems who crossed the aisle today and I'll be on your phonelines for the next bill :)
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