[dao/9][xl]: add a bunch of dao examples collected over last few weeks.

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dao/README.md

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+# DAOs
+
+DAO = distributed autonomous organization (originally coined as distributed autonomous corporation but may have had legal issues)
+
+https://ethereum.org/en/dao/
+
+https://ethereum.org/en/dao/#dao-comparison
+
+![[Pasted image 20220119225539.png]]
+
+# DAO creation platforms
+
+* Aragon
+* DAOHaus
+* Colony
+
+# References
+
+* [A comparative analysis of the platforms for decentralized autonomous organizations in the Ethereum blockchain](https://jisajournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13174-021-00139-6) (2021) - good overview with useful data on usage and types of dao
+* [Overview of Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)](https://mirror.xyz/0xd8159c4DD43FEe99FA86D0BAaCA7a9cC33334864/9_OrgL3oSGZrRn90NsnSOmzB8XvxBgR1Lsu_yqo2MYU) (June 2020)

dao/democracy.earth.md

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+# Democracy.earth
+
+![[Pasted image 20220120225045.png]]
+
+Why does it always involve some kind of financialization?
+
+![[Pasted image 20220120225319.png]]

dao/diatom.fund.md

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+# diatom.fund
+
+https://diatom.fund
+
+> Diatom is a decentralized currency that grows more valuable as our ocean is measurably restored and protected. Members of the DAO vote on projects that restore ocean health and expand our buying power to do so.
+
+# Analysis
+
+This is where they explain the model: https://medium.com/@diatomdao/plastic-reduction-credits-prc-whitepaper-pt-3-3-26f6bde1ad34
+
+![[Pasted image 20220117221812.png]]
+
+So ... imagine this was simply a company
+
+* It sells share to investors ...
+* It uses the money to fund removal projects
+* It accumulates plastic removal credits (PRCs) which are proof of plastic removal
+* It sells those to companies or others who want to see plastic removed who retire them
+
+Why does it need to be on blockchain? Other than this is a place you can (currently) raise (incredible amounts of) money from investors (in an unregulated way) ...
+
+Note that in their follow on "How It Works" the financial aspects come first ...
+
+![[Pasted image 20220117222844.png]]
+
+### Who is backing it?
+
+Looks like this back by Brock Pierce (though not absolutely certain).

dao/hive.io.md

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+# hive.io
+
+## Came out of Steem after Steem taken over by TRON
+
+https://cryptobriefing.com/what-are-steem-hive-comparison-both-decentralized-content-blockchains/
+
+https://medium.com/dapp-com/steem-out-how-hive-blockchain-became-the-decentralized-social-future-after-hard-fork-1754fe2f45a9

dao/hypha.earth.md

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+# Hypha.earth
+
+Team building [[SEEDS]]. Looks like they are doing a fund-raising round in early 2022 seeking $10m raise at $100m valuation (afaict from [the deck](https://assets.hypha.earth/decks/hypha_pitch_deck.pdf))
+
+
+![[Pasted image 20220120220845.png]]
+
+
+## Members
+
+https://dho.hypha.earth/#/members
+
+## Pitch Deck
+
+  ![[hypha_pitch_deck.pdf]]

dao/joinseeds.earth.md

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+---
+aliases: SEEDS
+---
+
+# Seeds
+
+Created by [[hypha.earth]].
+
+0:32 into the intro video:
+
+  > [Climate crisis, financial system that does not prioritize rights things etc] ... Seeds offers a solution, a movement that allows us to share financial success, distribute value fairly and move towards a common vision of a thriving civilization. Seeds gives humanity the tools to reimagine what money can be and do. A financial ecosystem designed to regenerate our planet. ... a more equal and abundant world ... using cutting edge technology ... no costs to using it and in fact you use it the more value you create ...
+
+![[Pasted image 20220120214330.png]]
+
+## Commentary
+
+Aspiration sounds amazing (as often)
+
+Here's the detailed PDF with their tokenomics https://joinseeds.earth/pdf/Token-allocation-and-economics.pdf (GDoc version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w7CKE73860m9bRxAmeLSIPvfcWHPlYXdJUYP29VIzME/edit#)
+
+Still struggling to understand how they guarantee distributing value fairly etc. Have scanned entire doc and most of it is about the initial token distribution etc (where so far they have raised around $1.2m)
+
+Key other doc is the SEEDS Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C4w9Ol8VGabCIcQDVPDrwcTRoJXBqhrb7VjslwQbUGU/edit#heading=h.sz7ectlzru6d - this is the full "rules of the game". It is a 175 pages long!
+
+Key questions
+
+* Why are seeds worth *anything*? What can you use them for? (how do you earn them)
+* Why are they trading on exchanges if it is an internal currency?
+* Why does the top of their site advertise the price appreciation (see screenshot) if that is not the key point?
+* How do they ensure a more equitable economy going forward?
+  * How does it ... (quotes from p.15 of [SEEDS Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C4w9Ol8VGabCIcQDVPDrwcTRoJXBqhrb7VjslwQbUGU/edit#))
+  * > SEEDS provides a decentralised (actually by-the-people) alternative to centralised governments.
+  * > SEEDS provides a decentralised (actually by-the-people) alternative to centralised banking.
+
+
+Key info
+
+* 3k participants as of Mar 2021 / 5k as of May 2021 according to gdoc / pdf
+* Currently trading at 7c which is down
+
+
+
+
+### Built on Telos
+
+> In contrast, SEEDS is a DApp (decentralized application) built on top of the Telos blockchain, which has its own Block Producers. Because SEEDS doesn’t have its own blockchain, it doesn’t experience this constant sell pressure.
+
+### Go Live Event ...
+
+> SEEDS is unique because it doesn’t allow those who have earned tokens by being part of the build team to sell their tokens until after the ‘Go Live’ event. Due to the nature of the Go Live event, at this point, there will be a global economy of organisations willing to accept Seeds as a currency (or the network wouldn’t “Go Live”). So, profits can be realized by making purchases using the Seeds currency itself, rather than requiring exchange (sale) for another financial tool to facilitate their purchase.
+
+Definition of Go Live event
+
+> This event will be triggered by a SEEDS community vote and is not anticipated until late 2021 or into 2022. Hypha does not know when this event will take place. This is the moment where development of SEEDS is feature-complete (in line with the Constitution and Game Guide), the community and economy is thriving, and everything is ready for the members to take full control of the ecosystem and start the economic protocols designed to stabilize the value of each Seed. Go Live will require a series of targets to have been reached, including but not limited to: 1. SEEDS contracts passing robust economic and security audits and tests; 2. fully operational decentralized governance over every aspect of SEEDS; 3. N number of organisational allies; 4. N number of Residents and Citizens; 5. N number of regions represented; 6. N monthly Organisation and Member growth rate; 7. a USD to Seeds price floor of at least $0.80 per Seed; 8. N daily volume (liquidity) for Seeds across all exchanges. These targets “N” will be defined and ratified by the SEEDS Citizens before Hypha’s final milestone (Q3/Q4 2021) through decentralized governance. Once these targets are reached, the Citizens can activate ‘Go Live’ through a vote.
+
+### How to ensure fairness (??)
+
+> Before ‘Go Live’, the majority of Seeds will be given to people participating in a variety of campaigns and actions to create a more beautiful society. These members may capture the benefit of rising token value as the network matures.
+> 
+> Then, after ‘Go Live’, Seeds will be distributed in a more equitable way than any previous or current financial system, one that is directed towards financing and incentivizing the regeneration of our planet.
+
+And they then reference another location
+
+> Note: These protocols are discussed further in the [SEEDS White Deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YhS62BjTgfj3LKMKqPK0PKirkXykIrGhg7-0Ksw3N9Y/edit?usp=sharing), part 3 and 4 of the [SEEDS Game Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C4w9Ol8VGabCIcQDVPDrwcTRoJXBqhrb7VjslwQbUGU/edit#heading=h.sz7ectlzru6d) and favored article: [A regenerative financial system for a thriving global civilization](https://medium.com/joinseeds/a-regenerative-financial-system-for-a-thriving-global-civilization-eebecead5b43)
+
+### Who's behind it?
+
+> Hypha: A Decentralized Holonic/Human Organisation (DHO) helping build SEEDS.
+
+...
+
+> Hypha may sell up to a total of 5% of the initial Seeds supply. The reason for this small distribution is to ensure the majority of tokens are earned by, and gifted to, those who are healing our planet and communities. Hypha (the organisation helping build SEEDS) does not own SEEDS. Hypha does not own the initial supply of Seeds tokens. It is the Citizens of SEEDS who are in control of how, if, and when these Seeds are distributed. For each milestone, if the SEEDS Citizens agree that Hypha has reached the stated targets, it can release the next round of tokens for Hypha to sell, and so finance Hypha’s continued involvement in the SEEDS project.
+
+### Risks
+
+> Hypha as a young company depends on generating adequate funding for the development and expansion of the business. Should Hypha not be successful in generating adequate funding, e.g. in the event of failure of receiving more tokens from SEEDS or direct investment, there is a risk that Hypha cannot develop and expand its business operations as planned and as the case may be has to wholly or partly cease its business operations or even declare itself insolvent. Such a development could have a lasting negative effect on the usability or intrinsic value of the SEEDS Token until they become useless or worthless. However, with SEEDS being a publicly available network - the community has the ability to continue developing SEEDS without the need for Hypha.
+
+## References
+
+* https://medium.com/joinseeds/why-you-want-to-accept-seeds-3a3e1a861467

dao/panvala.com.md

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+---
+aliases: [Panvala]
+---
+
+# Panvala League
+
+![[Pasted image 20220119224910.png]]

dao/uniswap.org.md

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+# Uniswap
+
+Original and one of the largest [[AMM|Automated Market Maker]]s.
+
+![](Pasted%20image%2020220130012621.png)
+
+# Critique
+
+# https://otherinternet.notion.site/Uniswap-Research-Report-Discord-Governance-Community-eb545f60b0ba4c30af066ca1a855e0fe
+
+Bigger underlying questions
+
+> These challenge illustrate a larger problem: **the fundamental tension between the pressure faced by Uniswap Labs to have a coherent and competitive product offering, and its aspiration to create a thriving community culture.**
+> 
+> Uniswap's protocol, and the product offerings built on top of it, are widely used in the crypto space, driving a need to provide a high quality user experience on the product and support front. This is compounded by prominent forks such as Sushiswap, which additionally place Uniswap Labs under significant competitive pressure. But **treating community members as _end-users_ conflicts with the desire to treat them as stakeholders, discussion participants, or governance leaders.** This conflict is visible in the Discord where support crowds out other conversations, but also in the fragmentation of stakeholder types across different platforms, as we address in the next section.
+> 
+> Other crypto projects attempting to [progressively decentralize](https://variant.fund/progressive-decentralization-a-playbook-for-building-crypto-applications/) are likely to face similar problems on their journey. The conditions around a retroactive distribution or other early phases of decentralization matter greatly in setting precedents for participation and space use.
+
+...
+
+> Membership in the UGP Slack allows grantees to access influential community members and major token-holders by virtue of being in this chat, and governance discussions often take place here in private. While there is not a specific emphasis on community development within the Slack, the smaller member number and opportunities for repeated interactions over time have created an environment where respectful and meaningful discussion can take place.
+
+...
+
+> If an "autonomous" community cannot be created without leadership and direction, ultimately Uniswap Labs must ask itself: what kind of community does it want to have? What should the community orbit around, and why? There are many possible directions this may take. A community of DeFi traders or developers is one opportunity; a thriving culture of governance participants or [public goods](https://otherinter.net/research/positive-sum-worlds/) builder-stewards is another. Each will require its own form of leadership, advocacy, and community development.
+
+## https://dilendorf.com/resources/uniswap-an-illusion-of-decentralization.html
+
+> A deeper analysis of Uniswap and its Governance Protocol yields a multitude of questions that suggest the platform may not be as decentralized as advertised. As an initial matter, the Uniswap team provided the community with 60% of the genesis supply of UNI tokens (1 billion) while giving themselves, investors, and advisers the remaining 40%.
+
+...
+
+> Moreover, as previously mentioned, Uniswap Labs has now released 3 versions of the Uniswap platform­–the latest in May of 2021. The updated platform allows liquidity providers to set minimum and maximum prices on their portion of any given liquidity pool, otherwise known as “concentrated liquidity,” and allows different pools to be created with different fees.
+> 
+> In essence, the Uniswap team made changes to the Uniswap platform unilaterally, without submitting these changes to the same governance process as any other proposal. The team simply kept the previous version of Uniswap running and dressed up Uniswap v3 as a brand-new platform.
+>
+> How is this any different from a central party having authority and control over a network so as to dictate the future value of that network’s native token? And what is to stop Uniswap community members from believing Uniswap Labs will continue to release updated versions of the platform, regardless of how the community votes to change the current protocol?
+
+### De facto centralization
+
+> Reaching these totals is no easy task. And as more votes are spread across more delegates, the goal of achieving the required quorum becomes increasingly difficult. What is more, the issue of low voter turnout only adds to this difficulty. What results is a largely inefficient system where governance proposals seldom make it to the proposal stage; and, when they do get past the 1% threshold, rarely make it past the 4% quorum required to pass them.
+>
+> On the other hand, several Ethereum addresses have accumulated a significant amount of UNI tokens by way of delegation. These addresses, also known as “whales,” act as proxies for UNI holders who do not want to vote themselves but trust the given address to vote in the best interest of the protocol and Uniswap community.
+>
+> These whales include several major platforms such as Compound, Gauntlet, and Dharma, and many prestigious Universities, including Harvard Law, UC Berkley, Stanford, and MIT. Each of these addresses holds more than 2.5 million UNI tokens, with the largest holding up to 15 million. Can the governance protocol be described as decentralized when only a few addresses can team up and unilaterally change the protocol or governance treasury?
+
+### Control by Uniswap labs
+
+> Additionally, Uniswap Labs announced on Twitter that they have started restricting access to a number of tokens at app.uniswap.org, stating “[t]hese changes pertain to the interface at app.uniswap.org – the Protocol remains entirely autonomous, immutable, and permissionless.” It is quite ironic that the Uniswap Labs team asserts that the Protocol remains autonomous, immutable, and permissionless in the same tweet they announced they will be restricting access to tokens.
+
+How can the Uniswap team have control over the User Interface (UI) and access to tokens but claim that the platform is “entirely” decentralized? Is it even possible to have a decentralized network when the UI is controlled by a central authority?

dao/yogacoin.tech.md

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+# YogaCoin
+
+![](Pasted%20image%2020220130011152.png)
+
+![](YogaCoin%20-%20World's%20first%20Dividend-paying%20Blockchain-based%20Multipurpose%20Cryptocurrency%20for%20the%20$2.7%20Trillion%20Holistic%20&%20Wellness%20Industry%20backed-up%20by%20Real%20Estate.pdf)