But if you’re building a community that’s meant to be a resource, a knowledge base, a place where people come to learn and discuss ideas that matter, you should think carefully about the governance structure. Who has power? How is that power checked? What happens when someone abuses it? Can the community see what’s happening?

I chose Discourse for my community because I wanted to build something that couldn’t be quietly corrupted. Where power is visible, distributed, and accountable. Where if I ever turn into the villain of my own story, people can see it happening and have tools to respond. It’s not a perfect solution. But it’s better than trusting my own benevolence... See more

In order to make creating DAOs seamless, a suite of governance templates that supports different objectives and structures needs to be in place to smooth the adoption curve and solve for mechanics design-project fit. Making the building blocks of token issuance and minting, incentive design, coordination, treasury, and community engagement more... See more