How we make decentralized decisions

Our decentralized approach for decisions passes the torch of responsibility, enabling fast-paced iteration without the need for approval processes. Individuals make urgent, locally optimal decisions. Any misalignments are then ironed out quickly afterward.

In truly decentralized organizations, we follow the principle of subsidiarity: by default, decisions should be made by the people who are directly affected by those decisions. Higher levels of bureaucracy should only perform tasks that cannot be performed effectively at the local level — that is, the authority of higher levels of bureaucracy should

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Decentralized organizations enable work to be distributed to the community members instead of being entirely driven by top-down decision making hierarchies. While tokens financially align participants to contribute value to such a network, it is grassroots community leadership and ownership that enables the long-term success of a token network.

-Decentralization for making better decisions in environments where large amounts of diverse input goes into decision-making and the wisdom of the crowd gives better solutions.

Decentralisation should not come at the expense of efficiency in the long run. Progressive decentralisation enables an initial team to search for product market fit on its way toward credible neutrality. We will explore examples of DAOs doing this through constrained delegation and working groups, as well as the tools that provide additional layers... See more

What do we mean by “decentralization,” anyway? It’s a capacious term, and in the past few years it’s been tossed around more freely than ever. Flocks of birds, free-market economies, cities, peer-to-peer computer networks: these are all considered examples of decentralization. Yet so, too, in other contexts, are the American public-school system an

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How does a self-organizing team make decisions together? Should they just talk until they agree? Should everyone get a vote? And when they vote, is every vote the same?

A delegated structure, where, for example, an individual empowers her subordinates to operate with some independence, is another form of decentralization.