Aaron Wright: The LAO – DAOs From a Legal Perspective
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies01/26/21 • 77 min
Aaron Wright is a professor at Cardozo Law School and Co-founder of OpenLaw. Before this he was a successful entrepreneur, having sold his first company to Wikia - the for-profit version of Wikipedia. Today Aaron is a renowned thought-leader in the blockchain space at the forefront of DAOs. Last year OpenLaw launched The LAO, a DAO on Ethereum for investors looking to earn returns on Ethereum-based projects.
Aaron joins us to share his expert legal knowledge on all things DAO, and discuss his latest projects the LAO and Flamingo DAO.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Aaron's background and how he got into blockchain and the DAO space
- The early vision for DAOs
- Stakeholder participation in DAOs
- Wrapped and unwrapped DAOs
- Proxy voting on DAOs
- Governance mechanisms
- The multi-token model
- How DAOs are characterized under law and the legislation surrounding them
- The Wyoming Blockchain Bill
- The different categories of DAOs
- Where does Aaron see the DAO ecosystem headed in the future
Episode links:
- OpenLaw website
- The LAO
- Mike Hearn: Autonomous agents, self driving cars and Bitcoin
- Aaron's book - Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code
- OpenLaw on Twitter
- The LAO on Twitter
- Aaron on Twitter
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This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/376
01/26/21 • 77 min
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