Failures of the nation-state and the global system of authority have been enabled by a form of “digital feudalism” as the fourth stage of social organization, information societies, progresses: “We feel a…
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Modeling The Network State As A Polycentric Archipelago
The Network State is intended as an archipelago of crowdfunded physical territories, with a virtual capital, and a large enough population, income, and real-estate footprint to attain a measure of diplomatic recognition…
The Big List Of Web3 DAO Resources
DAOs are socio-tech networks in which people interact, coordinate, collaborate, and cooperate with one another to find, archive, publish, consume, and/or reuse data of all types in order to foster innovation, create…
Progressive Is Better In DAO Decentralization
Immediate and complete decentralization is not only difficult to execute well, it is also impractical for most projects. Without a doubt, centralization at early stages of growth makes it easier to coordinate,…
What Are The Types Of DAO Voting Systems?
Today, let’s briefly review the following DAO voting systems: Conviction Voting, Futarchy, Holographic Consensus, Liquid Democracy, Multisig Voting, Permissioned Relative Majority, Token-based Quorum Voting, and Quadratic Voting. Conviction Voting Conviction voting is…
What Is A Futarchy?
In a Futarchy, a traditional democratic model is used to define what a DAO wants to achieve, but betting/prediction markets say how to get there. Said another way, elected representatives formally define…
What Are The Origins Of The Web3 DAO?
The Web3 DAO begins with the BitShares DAC and Dan Larimer, and involves one of the greatest pivot points in crypto history – the roll-back of the Ethereum blockchain by Vitalik Buterin…
What Is A DAO?
What is a DAO? A DAO is a shared mission, a tool, a compilation of smart contracts, and a decentralized, autonomous, organization. DAOs are both a return to our most ancient forms…
THORChain’s Role In The DeFi World
Typically, DeFi projects seek to provide some sort of decentralized financial infrastructure, or to create an ecosystem of decentralized financial services. Over the last two years, the decentralized finance sector has seen…
Aragon Launches First-Of-Its Kind Digital Jurisdiction
On Monday, February 10th, the first term of Aragon Court’s over 200 jurors began. Aragon, the only DAO offering full-stack jurisdiction services, from dispute resolution to governance infrastructure, is in its mainnet…