AMA: I made a function documentary on The DAO, good contract exploits, and the hackers who say they broke no legal guidelines

I’m James Craig, one of many administrators of recent documentary Code is Legislation – the true story of the good contract hacks that challenged what counts as against the law. AMA!

Trailer for Code is Legislation

Hey everybody – I’m James, a UK-based investigative journalist and first-time indie filmmaker. I’ve spent the previous two years alongside my fellow director Louis Giles making Code is Legislation, a feature-length documentary about among the most notorious exploits in Ethereum’s historical past.

The movie explores a wave of huge good contract hacks the place attackers stole tens of millions — after which claimed it was all completely authorized. Beginning with The DAO, it traces a lineage of exploits together with Listed Finance, KyberSwap, and Mango Markets, the place the phrase “code is legislation” went from meme to courtroom defence.

We converse to the builders, investigators, and white hats who lived by way of these occasions – together with the hunt for Andean Medjedovic, a teenage math prodigy who stole $65 million and have become the primary hacker to say “code is legislation”. Medjedovic is now a fugitive from FBI costs who has been on the run for nearly 5 years.

The movie additionally covers the case of Avraham Eisenberg, whose $110 million Mango Markets exploit turned the primary courtroom check of the 'code is legislation' defence – and set a authorized precedent with international implications.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIDjfymuTIw

Streaming from Oct 21 on Apple TV, Amazon Prime & Vimeo
Extra information / clips / updates: https://x.com/CodeIsLawFilm

Full launch information: Journeyman.television

Featured forged (alongside X usernames):

The DAO
• Griff Inexperienced – Neighborhood Supervisor (@thegrifft)
• Christoph Jentzsch – Creator (@ChrJentzsch)
• Simon Jentzsch – Co-creator (@simon_jentzsch)
• Lefteris Karapetsas – Developer (@lefterisJP)
• Fabian Vogelsteller – Curator (@feindura)

Listed Finance
• Laurence Day – Technical contributor @functi0nZer0)
• Dillon Kellar – Founder (@d1ll0nk)

White Hat Group & Investigators
• Ogle (@cryptogle)

Safety Researchers
• Daniel Luca (@cleanunicorn)
• Goncalo Sá (@feindura)

Lecturers
• Paul Dylan-Ennis (@post_polar_)

Ask me something concerning the movie, the true instances it covers, or the authorized/moral minefield of 'code is legislation.' Joyful to speak about how we tracked down and interviewed key figures from Ethereum's early days, white hats, and victims of nine-figure exploits – and what it took to get them on digicam.