Priority Leaderboard

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Improve participation, onboarding, accessibility, and reduce governance overload

0.40

Governance systems are asking too much of participants: too much reading, too many proposals, too much ambiguity, and too few clear pathways for meaningful contribution. The result is fatigue, low turnout, and dependence on a small set of highly active actors.

74 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Initiatives to design and implement more structured and hierarchical governance and decision-making processes should be funded to improve effectiveness and reduce noise."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Ethereum Magicians needs a project to overhaul and streamline post categories, including deprecating outdated categories and creating new, useful ones with explanations."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund development and maintenance of an EIP Review Tracker, ideally as a Discourse wiki updated by EIP authors and/or Eth Magicians moderators."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund initiatives to template and standardize categories and presentation formats on Eth Magicians to improve process clarity and onboarding."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"The use of Eth Magicians platform for asynchronous community discussion around network upgrades should be funded as a community and governance coordination tool."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund efforts focused on improving communication and clarity around when the Ethereum community should engage and provide feedback on protocol upgrades."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Content such as interviews or discussions explaining the development and use of platform-specific improvement proposal processes like Kickback's KIP should be funded to educate the community."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Designate and fund a person or initiative to explore new Discourse features and formats for community forum UX improvements."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

Sources: Community & Governance Deliberative Tools Gallery | Metagov Governance Overload | Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies PDF Resources Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution DAO Design Principles Governance in Season 8: The Next Phase Majeur: Major Governance Upgrade Online Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age Repeated Auctions with Speculators: Arbitrage Incentives and Forks in DAOs Decentralized Autonomous Organizations—Governance, Technology, and Legal Perspectives Delegation and Participation in Decentralized Governance Understanding Security Issues in the DAO Governance Process DAO Research Trends: First European DAO Workshop (DAWO) DAO Governance: Decentralized But Not So Disorganized Afolabi Aiyeloja (gov/acc research - phase 1) Gbiri Oluwaseun (gov/acc research - phase 1) Jeffrey McLarty (gov/acc research - phase 1) Aman (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 28 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 29 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 31 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 14 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 15 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 16 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 17 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 18 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 19 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 20 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 21 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 22 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Karam (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 12 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 25 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 26 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 27 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 30 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 46 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 47 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 37 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 38 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 40 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 43 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 44 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 45 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 50 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: Experiment Sandboxes Workshop: mapping of phases of gov to tooling - which lead to best outcomes Workshop: Experiment brainstorming: Existing DAO Workshop: Experiment brainstorming: New DAO Workshop: A DAO with holacratic governance + accountability based on smart contracts Workshop: compose smaller, more granular operational primitives Workshop: Using Frontier AI as a means to screen proposals and provide feedback LINK Workshop: AI Grant Evaluators (Minimise bias) Workshop: Rep-based voting (i.e Badgeholders v2) Workshop: Consolidate the governance stack under shared open, composable, infrastructure Workshop: product-focussed DAO management tools Workshop: Acknowledge that rules and institutions are part of governance :) Workshop: The ability to delegate towards interests rather than people Workshop: Formal retros so we can iteratively improve Workshop: Use of deliberative processes Workshop: sentiment towards Dao Workshop: No pathways for new contributors to make a meaningful impact Workshop: too much cognitive overload Workshop: Most DAOs copied gov from other DAOs vs designing for their needs Workshop: Lack of experimentation with deliberative tools Workshop: governance experimentation is a public good → therefore way underfunded Workshop: existing programs renewed with no reflection Workshop: "Legitimacy" undefined Workshop: "Governance" view as bloat Workshop: benefits of decentralization are not clear enough to prospective org founders Workshop: decentralized governance is too expensive

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Increase transparency, accountability, monitoring, and legibility of governance processes and real influence

0.27

Communities need better visibility into who holds power, how decisions are shaped, what gets implemented, and whether governance outcomes match stated goals. Transparency must cover both formal votes and informal influence.

50 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Support projects that improve governance and transparency by increasing visibility on core protocol change proposals, especially for consensus-layer updates."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund development and maintenance of an EIP Review Tracker, ideally as a Discourse wiki updated by EIP authors and/or Eth Magicians moderators."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund initiatives to template and standardize categories and presentation formats on Eth Magicians to improve process clarity and onboarding."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Makes capital flows legible and comparable so strategy, accountability, and learning can compound across cycles."

src CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems · chunk 0

"Anchors keep funders, operators, and builders aligned across the entire lifecycle, making decisions explainable and outcomes comparable, turning funding from guesswork into an accountable, reproducible process."

src CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems · chunk 0

"The ability to adjust prompts based on early responses ... demonstrated AI’s advantage over traditional surveys."

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 1

"we will experiment with storing org-relevant knowledge, incl. taxonomies"

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 1

"The team identified need for quality metrics beyond completion rates"

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 1

Sources: Community & Governance CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) DAO Design Principles Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods Optimism's Legitimacy Framework amy-jung/collectivedaoarchives.catalog: The Collective DAO Catalog is an open source index of DAO historical events. Together, as an open source database that anyone can contribute to, we can use the power of collective intelligence to highlight patterns and improve the development of new and existing DAOs Measuring On-Chain Impact of RetroPGF Season 7: An Exploratory Causal Analysis Part 1: Analyzing the impact of Retro Funding Season 7: Developer Tooling | Open Source Observer Part 2: Analyzing the impact of Retro Funding Season 7: Onchain Builders | Open Source Observer I Built Myself an AI Delegate—And Then I Broke It Governance Has Already Moved Governance Overload | Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Online Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies The Governance of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: A Study of Contributors' Influence, Networks, and Shifts in Voting Power Analyzing Voting Power in Decentralized Governance: Who Controls DAOs? Decentralized Finance, Centralized Ownership? Is DAO Governance Fostering Democracy? Decentralized Governance of AI Agents Evaluating DAO Sustainability and Longevity Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age Katashe Solutions (gov/acc research - phase 1) Karam (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 14 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 15 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Mike Cooper (gov/acc research - phase 1) Sneha (gov/acc research - phase 1) Understanding DAOs: An Empirical Study on Governance Dynamics Understanding Security Issues in the DAO Governance Process Voting Governance and Value Creation in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Decentralized Autonomous Organizations—Governance, Technology, and Legal Perspectives Decentralization Illusion in Decentralized Finance: Evidence from Tokenized Voting in MakerDAO Polls Delegation and Participation in Decentralized Governance Governance for Regenerative Coordination: DAO to DAO 3.0 DAO Governance: Voting Power, Participation, and Controversy Networked Cooperative Ecosystems DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND DEMOCRACY: Workshop: Clarity on threat model - don't overcomplicate Workshop: Formal retros so we can iteratively improve Workshop: lack of institutional memory Workshop: This could mean be more transparent with the org chart within a Foundation Workshop: Political parties Workshop: no standard transportable identity and reputation Workshop: Lack of Mission/Vision/Strategy Workshop: Lack of clarity of whose say is important Workshop: minimal accountability structures Workshop: lack of transparency into contributor renumeration Workshop: Experiment Sandboxes

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Strengthen governance security, manipulation resistance, anti-bribery protections, and emergency response

0.19

Governance systems remain vulnerable to bribery, coercion, flash-loan attacks, hidden code changes, malicious proposals, opaque privileged roles, and emergency centralization. Security must include both technical safeguards and institutional controls.

35 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Research or frameworks for handling cases where a malicious and determined actor seeks to influence the platform for their own gains should be funded."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Design and funding for a transparent, accountable multisig-based voting system to control emergency abort of upgrades, with regularly reviewed and opt-in client membership."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

""Vote buying, vote selling and coercion are easy. The wealthy rule, decentralisation is a myth.""

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

""Ballot secrecy is non-existent or short lived, despite being a human right""

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

""it also faced real adversarial pressure (Sybil attacks), and the system evolved defenses rather than collapsing""

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

""Arbitrum’s DAO design includes a Security Council to handle time-sensitive or emergency decisions""

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

""Emergency councils can absolutely be abused, but Arbitrum’s framing explicitly positions the council as a backstop for critical risks, with governance mechanisms around oversight and removal.""

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

""traditional token voting captures choices but not intensity""

src Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 · chunk 0

Sources: Community & Governance PDF Resources 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 Governance Overload | Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Governance Has Already Moved Understanding Security Issues in the DAO Governance Process I Built Myself an AI Delegate—And Then I Broke It Majeur: Major Governance Upgrade Optimism's Legitimacy Framework The Future of Optimism Governance A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding Perils of Current DAO Governance Workshop: Rep-based voting (i.e Badgeholders v2) DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings DAO Research Trends: First European DAO Workshop (DAWO) Decentralized Autonomous Organizations—Governance, Technology, and Legal Perspectives The Dao of the DAO: Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds Is DAO Governance Fostering Democracy? Using Kleros in the appeals and dispute resolution of the Gitcoin Grants Protocol Sneha (gov/acc research - phase 1) Governance for Regenerative Coordination: DAO to DAO 3.0 Control of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Decentralized Governance of AI Agents Community Currencies: The Price of Attention and Cost of Influence How Decentralized is the Governance of Blockchain-based Finance Turning to Trust Experience Design (TXD) Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age Participant 24 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: division between ownership and governance gets messy Participant 32 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 9 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Voting Governance and Value Creation in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations DAO Governance: Voting Power, Participation, and Controversy Katashe Solutions (gov/acc research - phase 1)

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Advance research, measurement, impact evaluation, and shared metrics for governance and funding systems

0.17

32 sources

8 supporting quotes

""There is no shared taxonomy or metrics across programs, making outcomes incomparable and preventing learning across funding cycles.""

src CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems · chunk 0

""Provides a shared vocabulary for roles, lifecycle phases, mechanisms, domains, capital layers, and execution functions.""

src CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems · chunk 0

""Strengthen accountability, assessment, and learning across funding cycles""

src CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems · chunk 0

""Makes capital flows legible and comparable so strategy, accountability, and learning can compound across cycles.""

src CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems · chunk 0

""Anchors keep funders, operators, and builders aligned across the entire lifecycle, making decisions explainable and outcomes comparable, turning funding from guesswork into an accountable, reproducible process.""

src CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems · chunk 0

""there is a growing movement to evaluate impacts to measure what results different projects are achieving and how.""

src Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods · chunk 0

""introducing evidence-based decision-making (EBP) within DAOs, foundations, and OSS communities that maintain and provide digital public goods is a reasonable direction for making funding allocations more rational.""

src Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods · chunk 0

""the ‘Evidence Layer’ required to do evidence-based work is still underdeveloped. A robust Evidence Layer is essential for the healthy development of digital public goods and for effective public goods funding.""

src Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods · chunk 0

Sources: CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods Measuring On-Chain Impact of RetroPGF Season 7: An Exploratory Causal Analysis Part 1: Analyzing the impact of Retro Funding Season 7: Developer Tooling | Open Source Observer Part 2: Analyzing the impact of Retro Funding Season 7: Onchain Builders | Open Source Observer Delegation and Participation in Decentralized Governance Demystifying the DAO Governance Process Decentralization Illusion in Decentralized Finance: Evidence from Tokenized Voting in MakerDAO Polls Is DAO Governance Fostering Democracy? Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age Governance for Regenerative Coordination: DAO to DAO 3.0 DAO Governance: Voting Power, Participation, and Controversy A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Decentralized Finance, Centralized Ownership? DAO Research Trends: First European DAO Workshop (DAWO) How Decentralized is the Governance of Blockchain-based Finance Understanding Security Issues in the DAO Governance Process The Dao of the DAO: Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds Workshop: Political fatigue Workshop: Using Frontier AI as a means to screen proposals and provide feedback LINK Workshop: Experiment Sandboxes Workshop: mapping of phases of gov to tooling - which lead to best outcomes Workshop: Formal retros so we can iteratively improve Workshop: lack of transparency into contributor renumeration Workshop: governance experimentation is a public good → therefore way underfunded Participant 26 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Mike Cooper (gov/acc research - phase 1) Karam (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 13 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Katashe Solutions (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 46 (gov/acc research - phase 1)

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Improve public goods, grants, retro funding, treasury allocation, and sustainable contributor compensation

0.17

32 sources

8 supporting quotes

"The primary grant mechanism of Optimism is Retro Funding"

src Optimism's Legitimacy Framework · chunk 0

"RetroPGF is a key initiative within the blockchain ecosystem that retroactively rewards projects deemed valuable to the Ethereum and Optimism communities."

src A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding · chunk 0

"we identify significant shortcomings in the current allocation system, underscoring the need for improved governance mechanisms given the scale of funds involved."

src A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding · chunk 0

"we propose improvements to the voting process by recommending the adoption of a utilitarian moving phantoms mechanism"

src A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding · chunk 0

"Given the scale of resources involved, the governance structure of the funding process plays a crucial role in ensuring fair and effective allocation."

src A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding · chunk 0

"The guiding principle is that ‘impact should be rewarded,’ and therefore projects creating ecosystem value should be financially supported."

src A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding · chunk 0

""it is a growing movement to evaluate impacts to measure what results different projects are achieving and how.""

src Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods · chunk 0

""there is a tendency to fund projects whose actual results are unclear, or whose effectiveness lacks convincing evidence. This tendency leads to the depletion of DAO funds, so funding mechanisms should be more effective and efficient.""

src Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods · chunk 0

Sources: Optimism's Legitimacy Framework A Social Choice Analysis of Optimism's Retroactive Project Funding Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods GG24 Alignment Dashboard: Mapping Problems, Projects, and Funding CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems Using Kleros in the appeals and dispute resolution of the Gitcoin Grants Protocol 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations Mike Cooper (gov/acc research - phase 1) Season 9: From Experiment to Organization - Optimism The Future of Optimism Governance Part 1: Analyzing the impact of Retro Funding Season 7: Developer Tooling | Open Source Observer Part 2: Analyzing the impact of Retro Funding Season 7: Onchain Builders | Open Source Observer Measuring On-Chain Impact of RetroPGF Season 7: An Exploratory Causal Analysis Networked Cooperative Ecosystems Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings Participant 17 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 35 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 36 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: Ossification of power and control Workshop: Governance Patterns Workshop: Experiment brainstorming: Existing DAO Workshop: Carroll Mechanisms Workshop: Using Frontier AI as a means to screen proposals and provide feedback LINK Workshop: Consolidate the governance stack under shared open, composable, infrastructure Workshop: governance experimentation is a public good → therefore way underfunded Workshop: Designing sustainable contribution economies Workshop: lack of transparency into contributor renumeration Workshop: minimal accountability structures Workshop: Contributor value is typically better tracked implicitly

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Develop sustainable governance infrastructure, standards, interoperability, and knowledge management

0.17

32 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Support improvements to the EIP & standards process, or alternatives, to better handle coordination when multiple clients want to adopt the same state change."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"The RSS feed system for github.com/ethereum/EIPs, specifically the generation and improvement of /feed.xml for EIPs updates, should be funded."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Ethereum Magicians needs a project to overhaul and streamline post categories, including deprecating outdated categories and creating new, useful ones with explanations."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund development and maintenance of an EIP Review Tracker, ideally as a Discourse wiki updated by EIP authors and/or Eth Magicians moderators."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund initiatives to template and standardize categories and presentation formats on Eth Magicians to improve process clarity and onboarding."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"The use of Eth Magicians platform for asynchronous community discussion around network upgrades should be funded as a community and governance coordination tool."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Use the filter below to browse the open source tools participating in Metagov’s Interoperability research area"

src Deliberative Tools Gallery | Metagov · chunk 0

"“Collective DAO Timelines”"

src The Collective DAO Archives · chunk 0

Sources: Community & Governance Deliberative Tools Gallery | Metagov The Collective DAO Archives amy-jung/collectivedaoarchives.catalog: The Collective DAO Catalog is an open source index of DAO historical events. Together, as an open source database that anyone can contribute to, we can use the power of collective intelligence to highlight patterns and improve the development of new and existing DAOs Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution Constitutions of Web3 Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods Governance Has Already Moved Governance Overload | Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age I Built Myself an AI Delegate—And Then I Broke It Delegation and Participation in Decentralized Governance Voting Governance and Value Creation in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Decentralized Finance, Centralized Ownership? Governance for Regenerative Coordination: DAO to DAO 3.0 A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Online Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Turning to Trust Experience Design (TXD) DAO Research Trends: First European DAO Workshop (DAWO) Understanding DAOs: An Empirical Study on Governance Dynamics CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings Participant 46 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: compose smaller, more granular operational primitives Workshop: mapping of phases of gov to tooling - which lead to best outcomes Workshop: Consolidate the governance stack under shared open, composable, infrastructure Workshop: Acknowledge that rules and institutions are part of governance :) Workshop: Lack of experimentation with deliberative tools Workshop: governance experimentation is a public good → therefore way underfunded Workshop: lack of institutional memory Workshop: Formal retros so we can iteratively improve

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Strengthen voting, delegation, representation, and decision-making mechanisms beyond simple token voting

0.17

One-token-one-vote is too blunt for complex governance. Different decisions require different aggregation methods, and better representation is needed to balance expertise, legitimacy, and fairness.

32 sources

8 supporting quotes

"A voting system that divides the Ethereum population into rings (miners, developer, core devs, security, users and traders), with each ring using a DAO to conduct votes, should be funded for rapid development and implementation."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"We describe the Learn and Decide portions as the “deliberative arc” portion of the loop."

src Deliberative Tools Gallery | Metagov · chunk 0

"Deciding — ranking, voting, integrating objections, consenting"

src Deliberative Tools Gallery | Metagov · chunk 0

""successful governance hinges on thoughtful design rather than maximal decentralization""

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

""reputation and share-based models can mitigate the centralization seen in token-based systems""

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

""we propose a new form of decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance that uses a sequential auction mechanism to overcome the entrenched control issues""

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

""traditional token voting captures choices but not intensity""

src Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 · chunk 0

""Overall, our findings indicate that intensity-based locking offers a credible path toward scalable and resilient governance.""

src Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 · chunk 0

Sources: Community & Governance Deliberative Tools Gallery | Metagov PDF Resources Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) DAO Design Principles Governance in Season 8: The Next Phase The Future of Optimism Governance How Decentralized is the Governance of Blockchain-based Finance Majeur: Major Governance Upgrade On the Potential and Limitations of Proxy Voting: Delegation with Incomplete Votes Decentralized Governance of AI Agents I Built Myself an AI Delegate—And Then I Broke It DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings Workshop: Lack of experimentation with deliberative tools Workshop: decentralize post Product Market Fit Workshop: Experiment brainstorming: Existing DAO Workshop: The ability to delegate towards interests rather than people Workshop: Contribution / labor based governance rights Workshop: A DAO with holacratic governance + accountability based on smart contracts DAO Governance: Voting Power, Participation, and Controversy 2026_Wollenschlaeger-Lustenberger_Self-organizaztion-digital-participation Understanding DAOs: An Empirical Study on Governance Dynamics Delegation and Participation in Decentralized Governance Online Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Analyzing Voting Power in Decentralized Governance: Who Controls DAOs? Economic DAO Governance: A Contestable Control Approach Repeated Auctions with Speculators: Arbitrage Incentives and Forks in DAOs DAO Research Trends: First European DAO Workshop (DAWO) Demystifying the DAO Governance Process

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Strengthen legal, constitutional, dispute resolution, and compliance frameworks while preserving decentralization

0.16

30 sources

8 supporting quotes

"“appeal process triggers a multi-tiered review, with each successive tier requiring a jury composed of informationally distinct members”"

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

"“The findings highlight the need for more equitable governance structures, secure and scalable technical frameworks, standardized tools for assessing DAOs’ value, and coherent legal frameworks”"

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

"“we recommend that constitutions be digital, amendable, short, expository, and early.”"

src Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution · chunk 0

"“There is an accessible, transparent process for amending or changing the constitution.”"

src Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution · chunk 0

"“we recommend a tool that enables low-friction amendments alongside a transparent record.”"

src Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution · chunk 0

"“Establish a record of changes to the constitutions”"

src Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution · chunk 0

"“Although smart contracts are promising and increasingly important, they alone cannot govern communities; traditional constitutions and declarations of rights are still crucial for good governance.”"

src Constitutions of Web3 · chunk 0

"“This essay aims 1. to understand and contextualize the usage of written constitutions and smart contracts within the emerging politics of DAOs 2. to analyze these textual documents in their own right 3. to develop a stable set of principles and practices for future DAO constitutions.”"

src Constitutions of Web3 · chunk 0

Sources: PDF Resources Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution Constitutions of Web3 Governance Has Already Moved Governance as Conflict: Constitution of Shared Values Defining Future Margins of Disagreement Using Kleros in the appeals and dispute resolution of the Gitcoin Grants Protocol Majeur: Major Governance Upgrade Networked Cooperative Ecosystems Season 9: From Experiment to Organization - Optimism Strategic Update: The OBOL Economic Engine & Governance Realignment - Announcements Turning to Trust Experience Design (TXD) Decentralized Autonomous Organizations—Governance, Technology, and Legal Perspectives Decentralization Illusion in Decentralized Finance: Evidence from Tokenized Voting in MakerDAO Polls Economic DAO Governance: A Contestable Control Approach Understanding Security Issues in the DAO Governance Process Evaluating DAO Sustainability and Longevity 2026_Wollenschlaeger-Lustenberger_Self-organizaztion-digital-participation DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings DAO Research Trends: First European DAO Workshop (DAWO) DAO Governance: Decentralized But Not So Disorganized Martin Schmidt (gov/acc research - phase 1) Sneha (gov/acc research - phase 1) The Illusion of Democracy: Why Voting in DAOs Is Doomed to Fail Workshop: Consolidate the governance stack under shared open, composable, infrastructure Workshop: Rep-based voting (i.e Badgeholders v2) Workshop: Formal retros so we can iteratively improve Workshop: A DAO with holacratic governance + accountability based on smart contracts Workshop: compose smaller, more granular operational primitives Workshop: Acknowledge that rules and institutions are part of governance :) Workshop: Use of deliberative processes

9

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Support inclusive, pluralistic, multilingual, culturally grounded, and community-centered governance models

0.16

29 sources

8 supporting quotes

"“Spanish-speaking delegates’ ability to speak to Harmonica in native language revealed previously hidden perspectives.”"

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 1

"“This wasn’t just translation but genuine accessibility, suggesting significant latent insight for delegates whose native language isn’t English.”"

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 1

""This research proposes to understand DAOs from Eastern philosophies by examining how Daoist principles inform the values and practices of DAO communities in Asia""

src The Dao of the DAO Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds · chunk 0

""to articulate alternative visions of autonomy, community, and social organization""

src The Dao of the DAO Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds · chunk 0

""Using SeeDAO, a prominent DAO in the Chinese-speaking Web3 space, as a focal point""

src The Dao of the DAO Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds · chunk 0

""to elucidate the lived experiences and ethical visions of DAO participants in China""

src The Dao of the DAO Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds · chunk 0

""to provide a culturally grounded theory of decentralized governance rooted in Eastern philosophical paradigms""

src The Dao of the DAO Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds · chunk 0

"“Building community capacity and digital inclusion for governance participation”"

src Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age · chunk 0

Sources: Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations The Dao of the DAO Eastern Philosophies in Decentralized Worlds Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age Evaluating DAO Sustainability and Longevity DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings Governance for Regenerative Coordination Decentralizing Governance: Digital Commons and DAOs 2026_Wollenschlaeger-Lustenberger_Self-organizaztion-digital-participation Governance Overload | Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Online Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Constitutions of Web3 Governance as Conflict: Constitution of Shared Values Defining Future Margins of Disagreement How Decentralized is the Governance of Blockchain-based Finance DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND DEMOCRACY: DAO Governance: Decentralized But Not So Disorganized Sneha (gov/acc research - phase 1) Afolabi Aiyeloja (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 12 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 17 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 21 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 28 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 29 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Karam (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 42 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 24 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: The ability to delegate towards interests rather than people Workshop: Political parties Workshop: Acknowledge that rules and institutions are part of governance :) Workshop: Smaller DAOs, no expectation of being fully public and open

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Align governance mechanisms and process design to decision context, stakes, expertise, and operational efficiency

0.16

29 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Initiatives to design and implement more structured and hierarchical governance and decision-making processes should be funded to improve effectiveness and reduce noise."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

""Split governance into: constitutional decisions (rare, high impact) / operational decisions (frequent, delegated)""

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

""ENS uses working groups with stewards and defined processes so the DAO doesn’t need to vote on every operational detail.""

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

""Bicameral setups force clarity: which house decides what, and why?""

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

""Arbitrum’s DAO design includes a Security Council to handle time-sensitive or emergency decisions""

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

"“This decision should be made on an infrequent basis. Friction should be high (the process may be intentionally rigid) so that change is possible only in limited circumstances”"

src DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) · chunk 0

"“Low stakes or Reversible decisions: Voting is a sufficient aggregation method to determine rough consensus or the prevailing majority stance”"

src DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) · chunk 0

"“High stakes or Irreversible decisions True consensus is needed, so voting will be a sub-optimal aggregation method”"

src DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) · chunk 0

Sources: Community & Governance 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) DAO Design Principles The Future of Optimism Governance Governance in Season 8: The Next Phase Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations Governance for Regenerative Coordination: DAO to DAO 3.0 Governance Overload | Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies DAO Governance: Voting Power, Participation, and Controversy 2026_Wollenschlaeger-Lustenberger_Self-organizaztion-digital-participation DAO Governance: Decentralized But Not So Disorganized Governance as Conflict: Constitution of Shared Values Defining Future Margins of Disagreement Jeffrey McLarty (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 15 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 20 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 21 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 24 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 28 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 29 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 12 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Karam (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: Experiment Sandboxes Workshop: mapping of phases of gov to tooling - which lead to best outcomes Workshop: Lack of experimentation with deliberative tools Workshop: Most DAOs copied gov from other DAOs vs designing for their needs Workshop: Smaller DAOs, no expectation of being fully public and open Workshop: Clarity on threat model - don't overcomplicate Workshop: Policy Making

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Reduce concentration of power and governance capture through fair, decentralized, and accountable governance design

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A recurring governance failure is that a small number of token holders, delegates, insiders, or affiliated actors can dominate outcomes despite nominally decentralized structures.

27 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Research or frameworks for handling cases where a malicious and determined actor seeks to influence the platform for their own gains should be funded."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Initiatives to design and implement more structured and hierarchical governance and decision-making processes should be funded to improve effectiveness and reduce noise."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Design and funding for a transparent, accountable multisig-based voting system to control emergency abort of upgrades, with regularly reviewed and opt-in client membership."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

""a small number, often three or fewer, of entities exert control over most decisions""

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

""reputation and share-based models can mitigate the centralization seen in token-based systems""

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""Vote buying, vote selling and coercion are easy. The wealthy rule, decentralisation is a myth.""

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""The findings highlight the need for more equitable governance structures, secure and scalable technical frameworks, standardized tools for assessing DAOs’ value, and coherent legal frameworks""

src PDF Resources · chunk 0

""policy interventions to stimulate voter engagement and foster genuine decentralization""

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Sources: Community & Governance PDF Resources Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 DAO Design Principles DAO Function Guidelines (aka The Pizza Framework) DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) The Future of Optimism Governance Governance in Season 8: The Next Phase Decentralized Autonomous Organizations—Governance, Technology, and Legal Perspectives Is DAO Governance Fostering Democracy? Analyzing Voting Power in Decentralized Governance: Who Controls DAOs? Economic DAO Governance: A Contestable Control Approach Voting Governance and Value Creation in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Decentralized Finance, Centralized Ownership? DAO Governance: Voting Power, Participation, and Controversy Decentralized Governance of AI Agents DAO Governance: Decentralized But Not So Disorganized Optimism's Legitimacy Framework Perils of Current DAO Governance Signals Protocol Litepaper Demystifying the DAO Governance Process Understanding DAOs: An Empirical Study on Governance Dynamics DAO Research Trends: First European DAO Workshop (DAWO) Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution Constitutions of Web3 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos Unified Governance Priority

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Build resilient governance structures with clear roles, checks and balances, scoped authority, and effective delegation

0.14

26 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Initiatives to design and implement more structured and hierarchical governance and decision-making processes should be funded to improve effectiveness and reduce noise."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"A voting system that divides the Ethereum population into rings (miners, developer, core devs, security, users and traders), with each ring using a DAO to conduct votes, should be funded for rapid development and implementation."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Design and funding for a transparent, accountable multisig-based voting system to control emergency abort of upgrades, with regularly reviewed and opt-in client membership."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"“Optimism formalized a two-house system: the Token House ... and the Citizens’ House ... aiming to separate ‘capital-weighted decisions’ from ‘public goods legitimacy.’”"

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

"“Bicameral setups force clarity: which house decides what, and why?”"

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

"“ENS uses working groups with stewards and defined processes so the DAO doesn’t need to vote on every operational detail.”"

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

"“Split governance into: constitutional decisions (rare, high impact) / operational decisions (frequent, delegated)”"

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

"“Compound’s governance (Governor Bravo) is a classic design: proposal → vote → queue in Timelock → execute after delay.”"

src 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos · chunk 0

Sources: Community & Governance 7 Governance Experiments That Didn’t End in Chaos DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) DAO Design Principles DAO Function Guidelines (aka The Pizza Framework) Governance Has Already Moved Concerning the Establishment of a Constitution Governance as Conflict: Constitution of Shared Values Defining Future Margins of Disagreement The Future of Optimism Governance 2026_Wollenschlaeger-Lustenberger_Self-organizaztion-digital-participation Understanding Security Issues in the DAO Governance Process Economic DAO Governance: A Contestable Control Approach Repeated Auctions with Speculators: Arbitrage Incentives and Forks in DAOs Decentralized Autonomous Organizations For Governance And Operations DAO Governance: Decentralized But Not So Disorganized ECVM (gov/acc research - phase 1) Sneha (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 15 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 23 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 25 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 26 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: Lack of Mission/Vision/Strategy Workshop: Lack of clarity of whose say is important Workshop: Should be defined early in the DAO's journey Workshop: Contribution / labor based governance rights Workshop: Policy Making

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Use AI and algorithmic tools to augment governance with human oversight, robustness, and value alignment

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23 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Aggregation methods that optimize for information aggregation should be considered (non-voting mechanism like NLP, deliberative processes, etc.)"

src DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) · chunk 0

"Measurement → This type of question is best answered through experimentation, data collection and observation. With adequate data, this is best answered by a computer"

src DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) · chunk 0

"The number of subjective decisions voters are asked to make should be reduced. Instead, humans should be empowered to override otherwise algorithmic decisions."

src DAO Design Principles · chunk 0

"algorithmic dependence can ensure transparency and fairness, it may also lead to the unification of values and make it difficult to fully reflect the characteristics of projects with diverse objectives and methodologies."

src Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods · chunk 0

"As the Evidence Layer expands, we can avoid depending on any single algorithm, optimize objectives and effects on a case-by-case basis, and incorporate multifaceted perspectives."

src Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods · chunk 0

"The third Co-Creation Cycle (CCC3) successfully employed Harmonica as 'AI facilitation' platform to engage 40+ delegates in designing the DAO’s organizational structure."

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 0

"The platform is really good!... AI could be a neutral field in which to express opinions."

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 0

"Spanish-speaking delegates’ ability to speak to Harmonica in native language revealed previously hidden perspectives."

src Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations · chunk 1

Sources: DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model) DAO Design Principles Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods Co-Creation Cycle #3 - Final Report - Governance Iterations Governing the Commons in the Intelligent Age I Built Myself an AI Delegate—And Then I Broke It Governance Has Already Moved Governance Overload | Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Turning to Trust Experience Design (TXD) How Decentralized is the Governance of Blockchain-based Finance Online Governance Surfaces & Attention Economies Governance for Regenerative Coordination DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings Thread by @governingweb3 Participant 14 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 33 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 42 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Participant 47 (gov/acc research - phase 1) Workshop: Experiment Sandboxes Workshop: A DAO with holacratic governance + accountability based on smart contracts Workshop: Using Frontier AI as a means to screen proposals and provide feedback LINK Workshop: Carroll Mechanisms Workshop: AI Grant Evaluators (Minimise bias)

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Support open-source, maintainer, and public infrastructure sustainability

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13 sources

8 supporting quotes

"Support improvements to the EIP & standards process, or alternatives, to better handle coordination when multiple clients want to adopt the same state change."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"The RSS feed system for github.com/ethereum/EIPs, specifically the generation and improvement of /feed.xml for EIPs updates, should be funded."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Ethereum Magicians needs a project to overhaul and streamline post categories, including deprecating outdated categories and creating new, useful ones with explanations."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund development and maintenance of an EIP Review Tracker, ideally as a Discourse wiki updated by EIP authors and/or Eth Magicians moderators."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"Fund initiatives to template and standardize categories and presentation formats on Eth Magicians to improve process clarity and onboarding."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"The use of Eth Magicians platform for asynchronous community discussion around network upgrades should be funded as a community and governance coordination tool."

src Community & Governance · chunk 0

"The EGPL aligns software incentives with public goods production by ensuring that downstream economic benefit returns to the network that maintains the infrastructure."

src Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 · chunk 0

"“If you believe there is an error or you would like to contribute to or help maintain this public resource”"

src The Collective DAO Archives · chunk 0

Sources: Community & Governance Signals Protocol - d/acc residency 2025 The Collective DAO Archives amy-jung/collectivedaoarchives.catalog: The Collective DAO Catalog is an open source index of DAO historical events. Together, as an open source database that anyone can contribute to, we can use the power of collective intelligence to highlight patterns and improve the development of new and existing DAOs GG24 Alignment Dashboard: Mapping Problems, Projects, and Funding DAO Design Principles Evidence Layer for Digital Public Goods Part 1: Analyzing the impact of Retro Funding Season 7: Developer Tooling | Open Source Observer Networked Cooperative Ecosystems The Animating Purpose of BlockScience DAWO25: European DAO Workshop Proceedings Participant 13 (gov/acc research - phase 1) CAMF, a New Architecture for Crypto Funding Systems

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Practitioner-driven governance reform

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Coordination of funding mechanisms

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Deliberate.

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