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A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a governing entity that empowers its stakeholders (i.e., users who hold one or more of its tokens) to manage blockchain-based protocols (i.e., smart contracts) collaboratively. The governance…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Vabuk Pahari , Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran , Johnnatan Messias , Krishna P. Gummadi , Abhisek Dash

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) resemble early online communities, particularly those centered around open-source projects, and present a potential empirical framework for complex social-computing systems by encoding…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Tanusree Sharma , Yujin Potter , Kornrapat Pongmala , Henry Wang , Andrew Miller , Dawn Song , Yang Wang

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are a recent innovation in organizational structures, which are already widely used in the blockchain ecosystem. We empirically study the on-chain governance systems of 21 DAOs and open source…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Rainer Feichtinger , Robin Fritsch , Yann Vonlanthen , Roger Wattenhofer

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) is very popular in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications as it provides a decentralized governance solution through blockchain. We analyze the governance characteristics in the Maker protocol,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Xiaotong Sun , Charalampos Stasinakis , Georigios Sermpinis

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), based on block-chain systems such as Ethereum, are emerging governance protocols that enable decentralized community management without a central authority. For instance, UniswapDAO allows…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Neil Shah

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms are often governed by Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) which are implemented via governance protocols. Governance tokens are distributed to users of the platform, granting them voting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Maya Dotan , Aviv Yaish , Hsin-Chu Yin , Eytan Tsytkin , Aviv Zohar

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have emerged as a novel way to coordinate a group of (pseudonymous) entities towards a shared vision (e.g., promoting sustainability), utilizing self-executing smart contracts on blockchains to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Tanusree Sharma , Yujin Kwon , Kornrapat Pongmala , Henry Wang , Andrew Miller , Dawn Song , Yang Wang

We empirically study the state of three prominent DAO governance systems on the Ethereum blockchain: Compound, Uniswap and ENS. In particular, we examine how the voting power is distributed in these systems. Using a comprehensive dataset of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Robin Fritsch , Marino Müller , Roger Wattenhofer

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) becomes a popular governance solution for decentralized applications (dApps) to achieve decentralized governance. In the DAO, no single entity can arbitrarily control the dApps without approval…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Junjie Ma , Muhui Jiang , Jinan Jiang , Xiapu Luo , Yufeng Hu , Yajin Zhou , Qi Wang , Fengwei Zhang

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) rely on governance mechanism without centralized leadership. This paper presents an empirical study of user behavior in governance for a variety of DAOs, ranging from DeFi to gaming, using the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Burak Arda Okutan , Stefan Schmid , Yvonne-Anne Pignolet

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

We present a study analyzing the voting behavior of contributors, or vested users, in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). We evaluate their involvement in decision-making processes, discovering that in at least 7.54% of all DAOs,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Stefan Kitzler , Stefano Balietti , Pietro Saggese , Bernhard Haslhofer , Markus Strohmaier

This chapter explores how Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), a novel institutional form based on blockchain technology, challenge traditional centralized governance structures. DAOs govern projects ranging from finance to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Stefano Balietti , Pietro Saggese , Stefan Kitzler , Bernhard Haslhofer

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have transformed organizational structures by shifting from traditional hierarchical control to decentralized approaches, leveraging blockchain and cryptoeconomics. Despite managing significant…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Mark C. Ballandies , Dino Carpentras , Evangelos Pournaras

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

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

Currently, the advantages of decentralization through blockchain technology in the financial sector are actively discussed. In this article, we investigate the decentralization in the governance of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2023-11-07 Kirill Kolmykov

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

Traditional facility management often relies on centralized decision-making structures that limit stakeholder participation, leading to misalignment with occupant needs and reduced satisfaction. This paper proposes a novel blockchain- and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Reachsak Ly , Alireza Shojaei , Xinghua Gao , Philip Agee , Abiola Akanmu

While previously a nascent theoretical construct, decentralized autonomous organizations have grown rapidly in recent years. DAOs typically emerge around the management of decentralized financial applications and thus benefit from the rapid…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-08 Henrik Axelsen , Johannes Rude Jensen , Omri Ross
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