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Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are designed to disperse control, yet recent evidence shows that effective governance is often concentrated in a small number of participants. This note studies one simple mechanism behind that…

General Economics · Economics 2026-03-13 Guy Tchuente

We propose DAO-enabled decentralized physical AI (DePAI), a democratic architecture for coordinating humans and autonomous machines in the operation and governance of physical-digital systems. We (1) synthesize foundations in blockchains,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Mark C. Ballandies , Florian Spychiger , Uwe Serdült , Claudio J. Tessone

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are attracting interdisciplinary interest, particularly in business, economics, and computer science. However, much like the parable of the blind men and the elephant, where each observer…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Giorgia Sampò , Oliver Baumann , Marco Peressotti

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) have recently piqued the interest of participants from diverse backgrounds, including business owners, engineers, individual and institutional investors. In part, the promised autonomy (less…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Sarad Venugopalan , Heiko Aydt

We present DAO Portal, a production-grade analytics pipeline and interactive dashboard for assessing the sustainability of Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) derived from on-chain…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Silvio Meneguzzo , Claudio Schifanella , Valentina Gatteschi , Giuseppe Destefanis

Voting is the primary mechanism through which Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO) reach decisions. Although transparent, the voting process can be complex: it can involve many interacting smart contracts. The nexus of the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Thomas Lloyd , Daire Ó Broin , Martin Harrigan

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based organizations that facilitate decentralized governance. Today, DAOs not only hold billions of dollars in their treasury but also govern many of the most popular…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Rainer Feichtinger , Robin Fritsch , Lioba Heimbach , Yann Vonlanthen , Roger Wattenhofer

This paper asks why startups in the blockchain industry are exiting to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), an outstanding phenomena in the wider digital economy which has tended to retain centralized ownership and governance…

General Economics · Economics 2024-07-22 Tara Merk

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are emerging innovative organizational structures, enabling collective coordination, and reshaping digital collaboration. Despite the promising and transformative characteristics of DAOs, the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Lukas Küng , George M. Giaglis

Decentralized Autonomous Machines (DAMs) represent a transformative paradigm in automation economy, integrating artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to create self-governing economic…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Fernando Castillo , Oscar Castillo , Eduardo Brito , Simon Espinola

This report explores the often-overlooked cultural and social dynamics shaping participation and power in DAOs. Drawing on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations, it shows how factors such as financial privilege, informal…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Victoria Kozlova , Ben Biedermann

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) provides a decentralized governance solution through blockchain, where decision-making process relies on on-chain voting and follows majority rule. This paper focuses on MakerDAO, and we find…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Xiaotong Sun , Xi Chen , Charalampos Stasinakis , Georgios Sermpinis

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) use smart contracts to foster communities working toward common goals. Existing definitions of decentralization, however-the 'D' in DAO-fall short of capturing key properties characteristic of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-11-08 James Austgen , Andrés Fábrega , Sarah Allen , Kushal Babel , Mahimna Kelkar , Ari Juels

Can the general structure of a mortgage-backed security (MBS) contract be programmatically represented through the use of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)? Such an approach could allow for the portfolio of loans to be managed…

General Economics · Economics 2025-07-17 Timothy Dombrowski , V. Carlos Slawson

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), utilizing blockchain technology to enable collective governance, are a promising innovation. This research addresses the ongoing query in blockchain governance: How can DAOs optimize human…

General Economics · Economics 2025-08-11 Yulin Liu , Luyao Zhang

This paper investigates whether Bitcoin can be regarded as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), what insights it may offer for the broader DAO ecosystem, and how Bitcoin governance can be improved. First, a quantitative literature…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Mark C. Ballandies , Guangyao Li , Claudio J. Tessone

This paper presents a first empirical study of agentic AI as autonomous decision-makers in decentralized governance. Using more than 3K proposals from major protocols, we build an agentic AI voter that interprets proposal contexts,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Agostino Capponi , Alfio Gliozzo , Chunghyun Han , Junkyu Lee

Blockchain assets are increasingly controlled by organizations rather than individuals. DAO treasuries, consortium wallets, and custodial exchanges rely on threshold authorization and multi-party key management, yet existing payment…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Minfeng Qi , Lin Zhong , Qin Wang

While the trend of decentralized governance is obvious (cryptocurrencies and blockchains are widely adopted by multiple sovereign countries), initiating governance proposals within Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) is still…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Lin Ao , Han Liu , Huafeng Zhang

Robots are improving their autonomy with minimal human supervision. However, auditable actions, transparent decision processes, and new human-robot interaction models are still missing requirements to achieve extended robot autonomy. To…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Milan Groshev , Eduardo Castelló Ferrer