Analyzing voting power in decentralized governance: who controls DAOs?
Robin Fritsch,Marino Müller,Roger Wattenhofer — Analyzing voting power in decentralized governance: who controls DAOs? (2022)Robin Fritsch; Marino Müller; Roger Wattenhofer · 2022 · Article · Table 2EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0835 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“On 1 March 2022, 8 delegates in Compound, 11 in Uniswap and 18 in ENS together held a majority of delegated voting power; a 2023 study of 21 DAOs found fewer than 10 participants controlled a majority in 17 of them.”
Context. Delegation in these systems is one step only and votes are weighted by token holdings.
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2The hidden shortcomings of (D)AOs – an empirical study of on-chain governance
Rainer Feichtinger,Robin Fritsch,Yann Vonlanthen,Roger Wattenhofer — The hidden shortcomings of (D)AOs – an empirical study of on-chain governance (2023)Rainer Feichtinger; Robin Fritsch; Yann Vonlanthen; Roger Wattenhofer · 2023 · Article · IntroductionEvidence that contradicts
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