As FTX was imploding, Will wrote on Twitter “If FTX misused customer funds, then I personally will have much to reflect on.” It now seems very clear that FTX did misuse customer funds (1, 2), but to my knowledge Will hasn’t shared any of his reflections publicly, beyond that initial Twitter thread. It seems odd to me for him to offer thoughts on the best way forward for the movement without acknowledging or having reckoned in a substantive way with his own role in the largest challenge faced by that movement to date.
If Will has published a post-mortem or analysis of what went wrong and I’ve missed it, I do apologise and will retract this comment (and would appreciate a link).
Thanks! Will writes “The independent investigation commissioned by EV is still ongoing, and the firm running it strongly preferred me not to publish posts on backwards-looking topics around FTX while the investigation is still in-progress. I don’t know when it’ll be finished, or what the situation will be like for communicating on these topics even after it’s done.”
To be honest, I don’t find this particularly inspiring: it feels a lot like a cop-out. I also think that in this post he could have included a disclaimer about his own track record of errors of judgement, without going into detail about those errors. The fact that he chose not to is disappointing.