# kaal:claim:3406323-039

**Claim.** A DAO's profit distribution weights across present workers, past workers, protocol designers, and governance designers should match the DAO's current values, since a greater share for new workers attracts new workers, a greater share for older workers signals long term stability, and a greater share for protocol designers attracts innovation.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- algorithmic token design in a DAO

**Source quote.**

> A greater share for new workers will attract new workers, a greater share for the older workers will signal long-term stability, while a greater share for the protocol designers will attract more innovation.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy* (2019), VII. Ethical Governance, page 19

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323

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

**Keywords.** dao, token-design, incentive-design, profit-distribution, governance

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