The real decentralized autonomous organizations running on-chain, grouped by what they govern.

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is an organization whose members govern its rules and a shared treasury through smart contracts and collective votes, rather than through a board or a chief executive. This section is a directory of real DAOs: the ones running on-chain today, and some that have gone dormant or closed.

The sections below group them by what they govern: exchanges and trading, lending and yield, stablecoins, staking, infrastructure, networks and layer-2s, social and cultural communities, investment and collecting, and public goods. Each entry covers what the DAO governs and how it decides, with its status, founding date and website.

Sections

DEXs & trading18The DAOs governing decentralized exchanges, aggregators, and MEV infrastructure.Lending & yield14Money markets and yield optimizers run by their token holders.Stablecoins & reserves7Issuers of decentralized stablecoins and reserve currencies.Staking & restaking6Liquid-staking and restaking protocols governed on-chain.Infrastructure & standards9Oracles, accounts, naming, and the primitives other protocols build on.Networks & L2s12The communities governing chains and layer-2 rollups.Social & culture9Community, creative, and cultural DAOs.Investment & collector2Member-pooled venture and collector DAOs.Public goods & grants5DAOs that fund public goods and open-source work.