devcon 2 / regulatory considerations for dapp development
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Regulatory Considerations for Dapp Development
Duration: 00:23:19
Speaker: Ming Chan, Peter Van Valkenburgh
Type: Talk
Expertise: Beginner
Event: Devcon
Date: Invalid Date
Dapp development and token distribution particularly, pose unique questions for regulators and law enforcement. Ethereum Foundation Executive Director, Ming Chan, will introduce the topic of regulatory issues when creating Dapps, followed by Peter Van Valkenburgh introducing Coin Center. Peter will give a brief summary of Coin Center's advocacy work and the current legal landscape surrounding these technologies.
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