Orca Protocol

Jun 2

Scaling Trust in DAOs: Trustware vs Socialware

In the past few decades, our trust in institutions has begun to erode:When government officials lied about invading Iraq, we lost trust in our representatives.When banks lied about the creditworthiness of mortgage backed securities, we lost trust in our financial institutions.When news outlets began to report false information, we lost our ability to trust credible news media.Trust is the cornerstone of any organized society, from student clubs to governments. If we cannot be assured that our...

Orca Protocol

Jun 14

The Bull Case for Pods

The atomic unit of a DAO isn’t people or projects – it’s small groups of people working together. While there has been a push to atomize work through bounties and other ways of defining and compensating work, the fact remains: DAOs are groups of humans coordinating together to solve problems. We see this through the emergence of workstreams, working groups, guilds, or whatever else you choose to call the small teams that make up almost every DAO.Pods 101At Orca, we use a singular name for the...

Orca Protocol

Sep 16

The Eightfold Path to DAOism

Orca Protocol is now Metropolis. You read The Eightfold Path to DAOism on the Metropolis Mirror. We may have changed our name, but our mission remains the same. To learn more, check out our rebrand announcement.

Orca Protocol

Jun 2

Scaling Trust in DAOs: Trustware vs Socialware

In the past few decades, our trust in institutions has begun to erode:When government officials lied about invading Iraq, we lost trust in our representatives.When banks lied about the creditworthiness of mortgage backed securities, we lost trust in our financial institutions.When news outlets began to report false information, we lost our ability to trust credible news media.Trust is the cornerstone of any organized society, from student clubs to governments. If we cannot be assured that our...

Orca Protocol

Jun 14

The Bull Case for Pods

The atomic unit of a DAO isn’t people or projects – it’s small groups of people working together. While there has been a push to atomize work through bounties and other ways of defining and compensating work, the fact remains: DAOs are groups of humans coordinating together to solve problems. We see this through the emergence of workstreams, working groups, guilds, or whatever else you choose to call the small teams that make up almost every DAO.Pods 101At Orca, we use a singular name for the...

Orca Protocol

Sep 16

The Eightfold Path to DAOism

Orca Protocol is now Metropolis. You read The Eightfold Path to DAOism on the Metropolis Mirror. We may have changed our name, but our mission remains the same. To learn more, check out our rebrand announcement.