CLARITY Act is a huge win for our industry but also draws a hard line: hand over the keys and prove zero control, or get tagged as a money-transmitter. The CLARITY Act creates a carve-out for a “ non-controlling blockchain developer ”, i.e., anyone who cannot unilaterally push a button and move user funds. Translation: ship open-source code, then give up the steering wheel. Realms is the only solution on Solana that bakes this in: - Transparent, onchain proposals - Token-holder voting ≠ multisig backdoors - No centralized “update authority” - Immutable parameters unless the DAO itself passes a vote In legal terms: > “does not have the legal right or the unilateral and independent ability to control, initiate upon demand, or effectuate transactions…” Realms checks every one of those boxes. Once governance is live, you literally can’t touch user assets without community consent. So the roadmap for founders is simple: 📜 Open-source everything 🔑 Hand upgrade keys to the DAO 🗳️ Vote all levers through Realms proposals 🚫 NO single person is able to pause, access funds without consensus Code is law, but freedom requires structure and transparency. The CLARITY Act just told us what “non-controlling” looks like. Realms is the endgame that makes it provable. TL;DR: If your protocol still relies on questionable groups of guardians, you’re in the regulatory blast radius. Move to Realms, turn the keys over, and let the community run the show. Decentralize.