S0 E5: What Are DAOs? (Chase Chapman)

DAOn the Rabbit Hole

In this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Chase Chapman — a DAO contributor at Index, Forefront, RabbitHole, and Decentology. She’s here to share her thoughts and knowledge about all things related to DAOs.

Chase talks about how she fell into crypto from a background in marketing and how she began learning about DAOs. She breaks down exactly what a DAO is and what makes a DAO decentralized compared to a traditional organization.

We talk about how DAOs are structured — is there no hierarchical structure at all? How does that work without everything falling into chaos? What’s the difference between a contributor and a community member? Chase also dives into the history of DAOs and how they have evolved over time.

Chase tells us about the DAOs she is personally involved in and talks about the different categories of DAOs that exist today. We talk about social DAOs and how they could develop over time.

Chase shares her thoughts on the positives and negatives about most DAOs today and how she would solve some of the problems in the space. Finally, we discuss what the future might hold for DAOs and how to bring more people into this world.

To continue this conversation and stay up to date on all things DAOn the Rabbit Hole, you can follow Diana on Twitter @ddwchen and RabbitHole @rabbithole_gg. You can follow our guest, Chase Chapman, on Twitter @chaserchapman.

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TIMESTAMPS:

1:58 Chase's background and how she fell down the crypto rabbit hole
2:59 What is a DAO?
9:01 History of DAOs
13:41 Categories of DAOs today
16:39 How are DAOs structured?
22:09 Technical requirements of DAOs
28:55 What DAOs are getting right and wrong today
36:56 Future of DAOs
43:39 How to get involved in a DAO

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