Community DAOs

 DAOs are the next evolution in online communities because they let DAO members: 1.  Get financial upside for creating more value for the community, 2. h ave a real influence in the direction of the community through voting, and 3. r eflect the value of the community through the value of the token.

Social tokens are a complete paradigm shift in the way people collaborate, and DAOs are leveraging them to give power back to individuals worldwide. The next generation of workers might start their professional career in a DAO, starting by simply vibing into these tokenized communities, helping to grow the projects they love, getting paid for havin... See more

Collector DAOs which acquire NFTs;Social DAOs that convene web3 communities;Collective/Cooperative DAOs in which groups of artists and engineers deliver services to other DAOs; andCharitable DAOs that promote good causes and public goods development.The variety within these different types of DAOs is demonstrative of communities coming together acr... See more

When DAOs are needed The growth of DAOs in general and the massive success of some of the most innovative ones inevitably result in the perception that the route to growth and robust network participation requires a DAO structure. In times of ebullience, market forces make it easy to assume that every organization, community, or project needs a DAO... See more

Rather than starting with a focus on investing, we foresee more DAOs starting first as ‘service DAOs’ — organizations that aggregate high-quality practitioners under one community to provide services to third parties (engineering, audit, design, legal, research, treasury management, etc.) in exchange for project ownership.

More simply, DAOs are a new way to finance projects, govern communities, and share value. Instead of a top-down hierarchical structure, they use Web3 technology and rapidly evolving governance and incentive systems to distribute decision-making authority and financial rewards. Typically, they do that by issuing tokens based on participation, contri... See more