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CFTC Request for Information about Crypto-Asset Mechanics and Markets

By Dallas Association of Law Librarians

The CFTC has posed 25 questions under five categories to better understand Crypto Currencies and Markets.

Please submit your comments before February 15, 2019.
You may submit comments, identified by the title, ??Virtual Currency RFI,?? by any of the following methods:

• CFTC website: https://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions to Submit Comments through the website.
• Mail: Send to Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail, above.

Topics with example questions

1. Purpose and Functionality
   What was the impetus for developing Ether and the Ethereum Network, especially relative to Bitcoin?
2. Technology
   How is the technology underlying Ethereum similar to and different from the technology underlying Bitcoin?
3. Governance
   How is the governance of the Ethereum Network similar to and different from the governance of the Bitcoin network?
4. Markets Oversight and Regulation
   How would the introduction of derivative contracts on Ether potentially change or modify the incentive structures that underlie a proof of stake consensus model?
5. Cyber Security and Custody
   Are there any best practices for conducting an independent audit of Ether deposits?

Further questions and information may be found at this URL.

https://www.cftc.gov/sites/default/files/2018-12/2018-27167a.pdf?utm_source=govdelivery

Full post as published by Lex Scripta on December 17, 2018 (boomark / email).