What a DAO is, where the model came from, and how it decentralizes.
Cross-chain governance and multi-chain executionCross-chain governance is what a DAO needs when the chain it votes on is not the chain it controls.DAO governance modelsToken voting, multisigs, and other ways DAOs decide.Governance minimizationGovernance minimization is the argument that the amount of a protocol a token vote can change should be kept as small as possible – and that for many protocols…History of DAOsFrom The DAO to today – how the model evolved.HyperstructuresA hyperstructure, in Jacob Horne's 2022 definition, is a crypto protocol that can run for free and forever, without maintenance, interruption or intermediaries.On-chain vs off-chain governanceWhere votes are cast and executed, and the trade-offs.Progressive decentralizationProgressive decentralization is the practice of handing a crypto protocol from its founding team to its community in stages, a term coined by a16z in 2020.Security councils and emergency powersToken voting is deliberately slow. A proposal is drafted, debated, put to a vote for several days, and then held in a timelock before it executes.Types of DAOsProtocol, investment, social, and service DAOs compared.What is a DAO?Decentralized autonomous organizations, explained.