# kaal:claim:3652481-021

**Claim.** The identity of actors in a DAO governance design typically creates corruptive elements, and merit identifiers other than individual identity remove the most corruptive influences.

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

**Source quote.**

> Similarly, the identity of actors in a DAO governance design creates typically corruptive elements. Merit identifiers other than individual identity remove the most corruptive influences.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design* (2020), III.3 Suboptimal Incentive Design, page 30

**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.** identity based corruption  (family: fraud-and-misconduct)

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** identity, merit-identifiers, corruption, governance-design

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-015
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-038

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