The DAO Hack for Non-Techies, Featuring Greedy Bots, Legal Loops, and Lessons from the Blockchain Wild West Let’s rewind to 2016. It was a simpler time. Donald Trump was just launching his campaign, Drake’s “One Dance” was on the radio 24/7, and Ethereum—this fancy new blockchain thing—was gaining traction among geeks and dreamers alike. Then came the DAO. Not "dao" like your dad mispronouncing "dow". Not even “Dao” like the ancient Chinese philosophy. THE DAO—short for Decentralized Autonomo...