Cardano founder: CLARITY Act must include developer protections

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano (ADA), stated that the CLARITY Act, a cryptocurrency regulation bill pending in the U.S. Congress, must include its provision to protect open-source developers (Section 604). Hoskinson described calls to remove the section as "nonsensical," arguing that it would unfairly hold developers liable for crimes committed by unknown individuals who misuse their software without consent. He compared such a move to charging an author with murder because a reader was inspired by their book to commit a violent crime.