When I got to Milano, I thought: How did they know? This feels just like a post-apocalyptic film. But how did the directors know this is how it feels? It’s not that surprising, of course. Cities have gone through wars and pestilence since the existence of cities. Milano after the…

I host a weekly call on distributed governance. This blog provides my personal opinions but by all means view the entire discussion here . One of the big debates in the Genesis DAO started by DAOstack was the question of anonymity. …

The truth will set you free! One of the most terrifying parts of the current crisis is uncertainty. Uncertainty is one of the most terrifying things people can experience in general. Absolutely everyone I have spoken to is absolutely convinced that a lot of the information available is either biased, doctored or flat-out false. Not knowing…

I drove to Italy and back yesterday. Quiet border crossings. Between the time I left for Italy and the time I got back, the Slovenian government had changed the border crossing policy, but it takes some time to mobilize, so there was a lone officer watching traffic coming from Italy…

It’s time to make a DAO! Anyone can make their own DAO with Aragon or DAOstack, or just by forking Molloch. Even better, you can use an augmented bonding curve to fund your DAO, thanks to the amazing work by the Commons Stack folks, and there you have it! …

The last few weeks have seen some major failures in the area of DAO and distributed governance. They’ve also marked a revival of energy for DAO technology, with new initiatives that seem to pick up where the failures left a gap. Rising from the ashes… As presented in my DAO Case Study Research last…

If democracy were equivalent to voting, we wouldn’t need separate words to describe them. Unfortunately, when it comes to DAOs, too often, the focus is on the voting mechanisms, with an assumption that “anyone can propose anything” is both fair and sufficient. …

The decentralized governance movement loooooves to talk about taxonomy, which isn’t surprising, but it is tiring. For most people, lengthy taxonomy doesn’t leave them with a picture of what a Decentralized Autonomous Organization is. This article will leave you with a picture, and as a bonus, a picture that requires…