Types of DAOs and how to create a decentralized autonomous organization
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- 02 Feb 2023
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What is a DAO in crypto?
Regulations define what is permissible and what is not for corporate entities of all types. These governance rules may exist as private agreements like shareholder contracts between business owners. The law can also mandate the enforcement of such agreements as corporations have only been able to act via people or corporate entities in the past.
However, the enforcement of rules causes two fundamental issues: the parties do not always follow the rules nor is mutual consent always given prior to the execution of such regulations. So, who gets impacted the most?
The stakeholders with minimal or no power to participate in governance decisions or the ones with no authority to spot problems are prone to financial mismanagement and loose money. Is there any solution to this problem?
Indeed, there is a remedy for the above issues called decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). But, what is the purpose of a decentralized autonomous organization?
Among the benefits of DAOs is transparency, a solution to the Principal-Agent problem (more on this later). But, what is a DAO?
The distributed ledger technology called blockchain and smart contracts are at the heart of the DAO ecosystem, where governance rules are written, automated and enforced using software, and the participants oversee contributed funds, eliminating the need for third-party involvement.
Users must first join a DAO by purchasing its native cryptocurrency to become a member. Decentralized autonomous organization examples include DASH, Augur, MakerDAO and virtual worlds like Decentraland. However, BitShares, a virtual e-commerce network, was the first successful DAO. Bitshares was dubbed a decentralized autonomous company, a term invented by Dan Larimer (the company's founder). Read More…
