DAOs

7 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 16, 2022 by Stephen McKeon · across every show →

Everything said about DAOs, oldest first

Jun 16, 2022 bullish
Insight
McKeon: DAOs collapse governance and voting coordination costs to near zero
“The coordination around governance and voting mechanisms Has been collapsed to almost nothing when you're using these digital environments with provable ownership.”
Stephen McKeon Jun 16, 2022 ▶ 23:58 Stephen McKeon – NFTs and the Consumer in Web3 (EP.255, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.02)
Jun 16, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McKeon: Web3 founders often prefer DAO capital over traditional venture firms
“When you talk to founders, many times they prefer to take capital from DAOs as opposed to traditional venture firms.”
Stephen McKeon Jun 16, 2022 ▶ 30:40 Stephen McKeon – NFTs and the Consumer in Web3 (EP.255, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.02)
Jun 16, 2022 negative
Insight
McKeon: DAOs' Biggest Issue Is Capital Gridlock, Not Theft
“So if anything, I would say the biggest challenges around DAOs today are not that People are absconding with the money, but in fact that the money is not being spent quickly enough.”
Stephen McKeon Jun 16, 2022 ▶ 25:45 Stephen McKeon – NFTs and the Consumer in Web3 (EP.255, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.02)
Jun 20, 2022 negative
Insight
Forman: Human governance in crypto networks is a bug, not a feature
“And in some ways, governance and human involvement is almost a bug. It's not a feature. You want these systems and networks to stand on their own two feet, almost as public utilities.”
Ben Forman Jun 20, 2022 ▶ 54:20 Ben Forman – Opportunities in DeFi (EP.256, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.03)
Jun 20, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Forman: Over 98% to 99% of current DAOs will not survive
“I suspect that 98, 99% plus of the blockchain applications, the DAOs that exist today, are not going to be around long term.”
Ben Forman Jun 20, 2022 ▶ 54:07 Ben Forman – Opportunities in DeFi (EP.256, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.03)
Jun 20, 2022 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Forman: DAOs will probably trade at lower multiples than traditional companies
“So because of that uncertainty, I think DAOs probably trade at lower multiples than companies, at least in the near term.”
Ben Forman Jun 20, 2022 ▶ 59:48 Ben Forman – Opportunities in DeFi (EP.256, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.03)
Jun 23, 2022 negative
Insight
DAOs should function strictly as capital allocators rather than operational managers
“It's just terribly inefficient to have any doubt, like zoom in and make these microscopic decisions about who to hire or like an individual person's salary or stuff like that. It's just crazy to me. Instead, they need to allocate to basically an entrepreneur, …”
Olaf Carlson-Wee Jun 23, 2022 ▶ 48:09 Olaf Carlson-Wee – The Future of Crypto (EP.257, Crypto for Institutions 2 – EP.04)
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