#CryptoRoundTableRemarks During the last roundtable on cryptocurrencies at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), prominent figures discussed decentralized finance (DeFi), programming, and regulation:

• SEC Chair Gary Gensler: "Engineers should not be held responsible for how others use their programming."

• Hester Peirce: "Programming is a form of expression protected by the First Amendment."

• Eric Voorhees: "Smart contracts are a progressive improvement over human regulators."

• Others argued that decentralization is not illegal - it is rather transparent, predictable, and user-driven.