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DAO Governance Failure: The End of Token Voting
Tally shutdown, Aragon dissolution, and Across's C-corp pivot are one structural transition, not three news stories. We dissect Dennison Bertram's three reasons, anchor the analysis in empirical participation data, and lay out a replacement-framework matrix for 2026.
Voting Models in Tokenomics
DAO voting mechanisms compared: token-weighted, quadratic, conviction voting, ve-model. Quorum formulas, governance attacks, and practical recommendations.
Liquid Democracy Tokenomics: Vote Delegation by Design
A token model for liquid democracy: transitive delegation with decay, square-root voting weight, proxy half-life, delegate compensation. Four formulas, worked numbers, and an interactive delegate-weight calculator.
Lessons from Planned Economies for DAO Governance
What Gosplan and DAOs have in common: pricing without markets, seven reform cycles. Parallels between Soviet planned economics and decentralized governance.