S0 E5: What Are DAOs? (Chase Chapman)

12/06/21 • 49 min

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In this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Chase Chapman — a DAO contributor at Index, Forefront, RabbitHole, and Decentology. She’s here to share her thoughts and knowledge about all things related to DAOs.

Chase talks about how she fell into crypto from a background in marketing and how she began learning about DAOs. She breaks down exactly what a DAO is and what makes a DAO decentralized compared to a traditional organization.

We talk about how DAOs are structured — is there no hierarchical structure at all? How does that work without everything falling into chaos? What’s the difference between a contributor and a community member? Chase also dives into the history of DAOs and how they have evolved over time.

Chase tells us about the DAOs she is personally involved in and talks about the different categories of DAOs that exist today. We talk about social DAOs and how they could develop over time.

Chase shares her thoughts on the positives and negatives about most DAOs today and how she would solve some of the problems in the space. Finally, we discuss what the future might hold for DAOs and how to bring more people into this world.

To continue this conversation and stay up to date on all things DAOn the Rabbit Hole, you can follow Diana on Twitter @ddwchen and RabbitHole @rabbithole_gg. You can follow our guest, Chase Chapman, on Twitter @chaserchapman.

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Kinjal's list of DAO resources: Kinjal's list of DAO resources: https://kinjal.mirror.xyz/eD3-Sgv2h50j-kwjHQCOnwqMKqSLTfnrqrtNypU-P5k

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TIMESTAMPS:

1:58 Chase's background and how she fell down the crypto rabbit hole
2:59 What is a DAO?
9:01 History of DAOs
13:41 Categories of DAOs today
16:39 How are DAOs structured?
22:09 Technical requirements of DAOs
28:55 What DAOs are getting right and wrong today
36:56 Future of DAOs
43:39 How to get involved in a DAO

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Chase tells us about the DAOs she is personally involved in and talks about the different categories of DAOs that exist today. We talk about social DAOs and how they could develop over time.

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Kinjal's list of DAO resources: Kinjal's list of DAO resources: https://kinjal.mirror.xyz/eD3-Sgv2h50j-kwjHQCOnwqMKqSLTfnrqrtNypU-P5k

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S0 E4: Web3 Culture, Lingo, and Vibes (Jimmy Chang)

In this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Jimmy Chang from Aave about Web 3.0 culture, lingo, and vibes. What’s it like to actually hang out in the Web 3.0 community?

We talk about the difference between the concepts of Web 3.0 and crypto, and the major differences between Web 2.0 culture and Web 3.0 culture. Jimmy also shares some of the negative aspects of moving to Web 3.0 culture.

Jimmy explains how someone new to the space can get the most out of the Web 3.0 ecosystem while avoiding the negative elements. We then go through some common acronyms and lingo in Web 3.0, and Jimmy tells us what they mean.

We discuss good vibes and bad vibes in the Web 3.0 community, what this means, and how newcomers can understand Web 3.0 culture better and find communities they vibe with the most.

Finally, we talk about what the Web 3.0 community can do to strengthen its culture and vibes while also becoming more inclusive to people from all backgrounds.

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