devcon 7 / arbitrumdao a year review with lessons learnt interesting research questions and future direction
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ArbitrumDAO: A Year Review with Lessons Learnt, Interesting Research Questions & Future Direction
Duration: 00:27:07
Speaker: Patrick McCorry
Type: Talk
Expertise: Beginner
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
The ArbitrumDAO was born in March 2023. To date, the DAO has voted on 280+ temperature checks (snapshot), 40+ on-chain proposals (tally) & allocated >400m ARB. We take this time to reflect on a few questions:
- Why should an L2 care about governance with on-chain voting?
- How is the DAO's organisational structure evolving over time?
- What does a DAO like to vote on?
- Can too much decentralization lead to oscillation?
Finally, a list of interesting research questions for others to tackle.
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