Token governance that actually works with Paul Glavin

About this episode

Dennison discusses governance coordination and token mechanisms with Paul Glavin.

Dennison (Tally CEO & Co-founder) sits down with Paul Glavin, founder of Gardens V2, to discuss why veTokens became "the most embarrassing legacy of DAOs" and what actually works in governance coordination. They explore conviction voting as an alternative mechanism, the gap between governance theory and trench reality, and why streaming tokens might be the most underrated innovation in DAO tooling. --- Read Paul's article "It's Time to Lock veTokens Away Forever" Learn more about Gardens ...

People in this episode

Host: Dennison

Guest: Paul Glavin

Topics covered

• token governance
• DAOs
• conviction voting
• streaming tokens
• governance coordination

Keywords

• veTokens
• DAOs
• governance theory
• trench reality
• streaming tokens

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gardens V2

Books & works: It's Time to Lock veTokens Away Forever

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