The Argument for An Ideal DAO

About this episode

The episode discusses the design of an ideal DAO, addressing challenges in governance, incentives, and scalability.

Most DAOs sound great… until it’s time to make decisions, pay contributors, and ship work consistently. In this episode, we’re designing the ideal DAO and confronting the hard parts: governance that doesn’t stall, incentives that don’t get gamed, treasury systems that protect the community, and a structure that can scale without losing its mission.

People in this episode

Hosts: Corey Petty, Demetrick Ferguson, Jessie Santiago

Topics covered

• DAO
• governance
• incentives
• community treasury
• scalability
• decision making

Keywords

• DAO
• governance
• incentives
• community
• treasury
• scalability
• decision making

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DAO

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