I summarize as follows: It’s okay to consider yourself somebody who sold utilons for money, and while you shouldn’t deal with FTX money in the future now that you know, it’s fine to consider yourself analogous to an electricity company that sold them electricity and does not have to give the money back, having already given over the electricity. If you’ve not already paid costs, and you cannot now do the work you were paid to perform, it may then make sense to give back some or all of the money—though even then, I’d say to wait until FTX money isn’t like running out like water to people who are selling NFTs to Bahamian accounts that are allowed to withdraw money. Like, you’d want to have any knowledge that money was reaching actual injured FTX customers.
My full answer is here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/FKJ8yiF3KjFhAuivt/impco-don-t-injure-yourself-by-returning-ftxff-money-for
I summarize as follows: It’s okay to consider yourself somebody who sold utilons for money, and while you shouldn’t deal with FTX money in the future now that you know, it’s fine to consider yourself analogous to an electricity company that sold them electricity and does not have to give the money back, having already given over the electricity. If you’ve not already paid costs, and you cannot now do the work you were paid to perform, it may then make sense to give back some or all of the money—though even then, I’d say to wait until FTX money isn’t like running out like water to people who are selling NFTs to Bahamian accounts that are allowed to withdraw money. Like, you’d want to have any knowledge that money was reaching actual injured FTX customers.