# kaal:claim:3652481-011

**Claim.** DAO developers are themselves subject to path dependencies that undermine the evolution of decentralized DAO designs, because the communication structures of the developing organization invariably shape future designs.

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

**Source quote.**

> DAO developers are also subject to path dependencies which undermines the evolution of decentralized DAO designs. The communication structures in organizations will invariably influence future designs.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design* (2020), III.1 Path Dependencies, page 22

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

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**Failure mode.** developer path dependency  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** open-source-and-code, dao

**Keywords.** path-dependency, developer-communities, conways-law, dao-design

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-017

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