Ohanian: DAO participation will be commonplace within five years
Alexis Ohanian · The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens · Dec 23, 2021 · at 1:16:58
Reddit co-founder and Seven Seven Six founder Alexis Ohanian shares rapid-fire 5-year Web3 predictions with hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg.
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“I think everyone in five years will participate in a DAO. They won't know it necessarily. I don't think that branding is, is whack. But they won't care. Right. User experience triumphs over everything. So yeah, I think it will be pretty commonplace. Not, maybe not everyone, but like for all intents and purposes, it'll be a pretty normal thing for people to participate in DAOs.”
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