Polity Atlas
EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0029 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“In 2016 an exploit drained a large share of the ether held by 'The DAO', leading the Ethereum community to adopt a contentious hard fork to return the funds.”

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