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Cardano Contingent Staking
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If SPOs have the power to deny delegations, governments will use that ability to force them to require KYC.
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Pro claim 1
Requiring KYC that's powered by zKP through VC/DID will still enable stakes to protect their privacy and SPOs to comply with potential regulations.
Con claim 1, children below
Since Cardano is permissionless, anyone could simply create a new pool that doesn't require KYC. Governments would be playing a game of Whack-A-Mole that they could never win.
Con claim 2
This assumes that tools leads to regulation. This has been categorically shown to be false through history. Birth control is not mandatory, however the securities and banking regulations predate the tools to comply.
Con claim 3, children below
Governments will not care one bit if we have or do not have KYC capabilities, they will make regulatory requirements that has to be complied to.
Con claim 4
governments could as easily simply force people to use private pools.
Con claim 5
In the US, no one has been able to successfully register their crypto as securities, but the SEC still regularly conducts enforcement actions against cryptos for not being registered as securities. "Having the power" to do something or not makes no difference.