Software developer protections

The Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 4u (as added by section 205) the following: 4v. Application to software developers (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a person shall not be subject to this Act and the regulations promulgated under this Act based on the person directly or indirectly engaging in any of the following activities, whether singly or in combination, in relation to the operation of a blockchain system or in relation to a decentralized finance trading protocol: (1) Compiling network transactions or relaying, searching, sequencing, validating, or acting in a similar capacity. (2) Providing computational work, operating a node or oracle service, procuring, offering, or utilizing network bandwidth, or providing other similar incidental services. (3) Providing a user-interface that enables a user to read and access data about a blockchain system. (4) Developing, publishing, or otherwise distributing a blockchain system or a decentralized finance messaging system. (5) Constituting, administering, or maintaining a decentralized finance messaging system or decentralized finance trading protocol, or operating or participating in a liquidity pool with respect thereto, for the purpose of executing a spot transaction for the purchase or sale of a digital commodity. (6) Developing, publishing, constituting, administering, maintaining, or otherwise distributing software or systems that create or deploy hardware or software, including wallets or other systems, facilitating an individual user's own personal ability to keep, safeguard, or custody the user's digital assets or related private keys. (b) Exceptions Subsection (a) shall not be interpreted to apply to the anti-fraud, anti-manipulation, or false reporting enforcement authorities of the Commission..