# kaal:claim:3373393-031

**Claim.** The unifying interest of DAO token holders in raising token value means they will voluntarily perform optimization tasks, because doing so is directly in their own interest.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- DAO structures where members hold tokens whose value tracks the organization

**Source quote.**

> the DAO token holders will desire to perform such optimization tasks as it is in their very interest to do so to help increase the value of the DAO tokens.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Solutions for Agency Problems in Corporate Governance* (2019), III.3 Reforming Governance Hierarchies, page 19

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Solutions for Agency Problems in Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3373393

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**Topics.** dao, tokenomics, risk-and-incentives, governance-design, ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** dao, token-incentives, self-governance, incentive-alignment

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-010
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-046

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