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The Internet of Things (IoT) is experiencing explosive growth and has gained extensive attention from academia and industry in recent years. Most of the existing IoT infrastructures are centralized, in which the presence of a cloud server…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Yannan Li , Willy Susilo , Guomin Yang , Yong Yu , Dongxi Liu , Mohsen Guizani

Permissionless-consensus-based Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are the prevailing paradigm for participant-governed digital organisations. As participants have verified resources but no trusted identities, this ecosystem is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Idit Keidar , Andrew Lewis-Pye , Ehud Shapiro , Nimrod Talmon

The necessity of blockchain systems to remain decentralised limits current solutions to blockchain governance and dynamic management, forcing a trade-off between control and decentralisation. In light of the above, this work proposes a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Georgios Diamantopoulos , Nikos Tziritas , Rami Bahsoon , Georgios Theodoropoulos

Blockchain systems run consensus rules as code to agree on the state of the distributed ledger and secure the network. Changing these rules can be risky and challenging. In addition, it can often be controversial and take much effort to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Jakob Svennevik Notland , Mariusz Nowostawski , Jingyue Li

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 the key properties…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Andrés Fábrega , Amy Zhao , Jay Yu , James Austgen , Sarah Allen , Kushal Babel , Mahimna Kelkar , Ari Juels

This thesis provides an in-depth exploration of the Decentralized Co-governance Crowdfunding (DCC) Ecosystem, a novel solution addressing prevailing challenges in conventional crowdfunding methods faced by MSMEs and innovative projects.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Bingyou Chen , Yu Luo , Jieni Li , Yujian Li , Ying Liu , Fan Yang , Junge Bo , Yanan Qiao

This note and agenda serve as a cause for thought for scholars interested in researching Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), addressing both the opportunities and challenges posed by this phenomenon. It covers key aspects of data…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Christian Ziegler , Quinn DuPont

Autonomous AI agents present transformative opportunities and significant governance challenges. Existing frameworks, such as the EU AI Act and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, fall short of addressing the complexities of these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Tomer Jordi Chaffer , Charles von Goins , Bayo Okusanya , Dontrail Cotlage , Justin Goldston

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

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has the potential to disrupt centralized finance by validating peer-to-peer transactions through tamper-proof smart contracts, thus significantly lowering the transaction cost charged by financial…

General Economics · Economics 2023-12-04 Ziqiao Ao , Lin William Cong , Gergely Horvath , Luyao Zhang

We study binary decision-making in governance councils of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), where experts choose between two alternatives on behalf of the organization. We introduce an information structure model for such…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Nuno Braz , Miguel Correia , Diogo Poças

A decentralized online petition system enables individuals or groups to create, sign, and share petitions without a central authority. Using blockchain technology, these systems ensure the integrity and transparency of the petition process…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Jagdeep Kaur , Kevin Antony , Nikhil Pujar , Ankit Jha

Electronic government (e-government) uses information and communication technologies to deliver public services to individuals and organisations effectively, efficiently and transparently. E-government is one of the most complex systems…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Noe Elisa , Longzhi Yang , Fei Chao , Yi Cao

This research study focuses primarily on Block-Chain-based voting systems, which facilitate participation in and administration of voting for voters, candidates, and officials. Because we used Block-Chain in the backend, which enables…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Jagbeer Singh , Utkarsh Rastogi , Yash Goel , Brijesh Gupta , Utkarsh

In this article, we propose a new form of DAO governance that uses a sequential auction mechanism to overcome entrenched control issues that have emerged for DAOs by creating a regime of temporary contestable control. The mechanism avoids…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Jeff Strnad

Decentralized autonomous organizations as a new form of online governance arecollections of smart contracts deployed on a blockchain platform that intercede groupsof people. A growing number of Decentralized Autonomous Organization…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Elena Baninemeh , Siamak Farshidi , Slinger Jansen

A decentralized application (dapp for short) refers to an application that is executed by multiple users over a decentralized network. In recent years, the number of dapp keeps fast growing, mainly due to the popularity of blockchain…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-02-14 Kaidong Wu

Blockchain introduces decentralized trust in peer-to-peer networks, advancing security and democratizing systems. Yet, a unified definition for decentralization remains elusive. Our Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) seeks to bridge this…

General Economics · Economics 2023-08-21 Luyao Zhang , Xinshi Ma , Yulin Liu

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

This paper introduces a structured approach to improving decision making in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) through the integration of the Question-Option-Criteria (QOC) model and AI agents. We outline a stepwise governance…

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