S3 E6 | DAO Decentralization Thesis & Artificial Intelligence w/nintynick

Does the DAO need a mechanism that is decentralized, or is some centralization compatible with your incentives? There are excellent tools when you need incentives to be decentralized, and excellent tools when you can accept a more centralized approach. The answer for a well established DAO is likely to be different from a new one, as are the corres... See more

Does the DAO need a mechanism that is decentralized, or is some centralization compatible with your incentives?

Decentralized governance is at the heart of the ideological foundation of crypto: equal participation for all actors. The playbook of progressive decentralization is being followed by more decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. Users and tokenholders can now have more control over protocol parameters, treasury spending, and, in general, the industr... See more

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

Key Ideas

The core question explored in this post: do highly decentralized DAOs work, or should their governance start to more closely resemble trad corporations?

Vitalik's main point: there are certain use cases where decentralization is very important. There may be a relatively small number of these orgs, but they will be the very important ones.

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