501Course · Practitioner

DAOs

Digital cooperatives, honestly assessed.

The Course

Digital cooperatives, honestly assessed. The course covers governance frameworks, token voting, delegation, and the political economy of protocols that raise real capital.

Outcomes

01
Distinguish the major DAO frameworks.
02
Read a governance proposal.
03
Judge a DAO by its actual operations.

Prerequisites

— Ethereum Program (III).

Pacing

~3 hours.

IModule
The theory
What a DAO is and is not.
1. 01What a DAO isArticle12m
2. 02Reading: DuPont, Cryptocurrencies and BlockchainsReading25m
IIModule
Governance
The mechanics.
1. 01Token votingArticle12m
2. 02Delegate systemsArticle12m

A Note from the Faculty

A DAO is a political institution first and a technical one second.