Automatos is an experimental journal about DAO design, incubated and published by PubDAO.
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Trust and Trustlessness
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/10 One of the core innovations unfolding in the web3 space is the utilization of smart contracts to facilitate interpersonal dynamics, thus augmenting, if not altogether supplanting, any requisite counterparty trust. The idea is that counterparty trust has long required the parties involved to take measures to establish said trust, measures which may be time-consuming or costly, and that the minimization of such cos...
Trust and Trustlessness
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/10 One of the core innovations unfolding in the web3 space is the utilization of smart contracts to facilitate interpersonal dynamics, thus augmenting, if not altogether supplanting, any requisite counterparty trust. The idea is that counterparty trust has long required the parties involved to take measures to establish said trust, measures which may be time-consuming or costly, and that the minimization of such cos...
A Sufficiently Decentralized Work Arrangement
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/9 One indicator that DAOs are still young in their development, is the fact that they are still searching for business models which fit the web3 ethos of decentralized power and transparency. Currently DAOs mainly rely on speculative asset sales and royalties, early-stage private investments, or grants to financially sustain their operations. That said, there are some DAOs that create monetizable content as a source...
A Sufficiently Decentralized Work Arrangement
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/9 One indicator that DAOs are still young in their development, is the fact that they are still searching for business models which fit the web3 ethos of decentralized power and transparency. Currently DAOs mainly rely on speculative asset sales and royalties, early-stage private investments, or grants to financially sustain their operations. That said, there are some DAOs that create monetizable content as a source...
Progressive Autonomization - A Provocation
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/8 Decentralization is often discussed and debated amongst DAO builders and operators. And rightfully so – decentralization is a fundamental tenet of web3 – so it’s important we’re all working off shared terminology and frames of reference of what it means to be decentralized. Less often discussed, though, is the “A” in DAO. But maybe it’s time we start looking at it with more rigor and care. This piece is a provocat...
Progressive Autonomization - A Provocation
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/8 Decentralization is often discussed and debated amongst DAO builders and operators. And rightfully so – decentralization is a fundamental tenet of web3 – so it’s important we’re all working off shared terminology and frames of reference of what it means to be decentralized. Less often discussed, though, is the “A” in DAO. But maybe it’s time we start looking at it with more rigor and care. This piece is a provocat...
Building for True Community as a DAO
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/7 When the expansive digital communities made possible by smart contracts and DAOs turn their attentions to actually getting things done, they often run into roadblocks. Executing on their mission — and doing so efficiently — is fraught with difficulty for a DAO which traces its routes back to a distributed community.Low influence, high stakesSuch DAOs generally comprise low influence, high stakes members.Low influe...
Building for True Community as a DAO
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/7 When the expansive digital communities made possible by smart contracts and DAOs turn their attentions to actually getting things done, they often run into roadblocks. Executing on their mission — and doing so efficiently — is fraught with difficulty for a DAO which traces its routes back to a distributed community.Low influence, high stakesSuch DAOs generally comprise low influence, high stakes members.Low influe...
Solving Community Tensions with Centralised Holders
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/6 In the first part of this essay, I explored what specifically a DAO is, and introduced two ideas: that they automate middlemen in banking and administration. But I also spotted a problem, which is that trying to build an organisation to take advantage of both of these innovations can cause difficulty. That’s because automating the banking aspect lends itself to expert partnerships, whilst automating the latter len...
Solving Community Tensions with Centralised Holders
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x8eeEcC3B0BE02D53b4457482197C1a1f3F581aF9/6 In the first part of this essay, I explored what specifically a DAO is, and introduced two ideas: that they automate middlemen in banking and administration. But I also spotted a problem, which is that trying to build an organisation to take advantage of both of these innovations can cause difficulty. That’s because automating the banking aspect lends itself to expert partnerships, whilst automating the latter len...
