# kaal:claim:3782214-035

**Claim.** It does not matter what a DAO architect intends, because the resulting rules of the game are what tell players what to value; governance parameters therefore determine the organization's actual values regardless of stated intent.

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

**Holds when.**

- systems observed at steady state

**Source quote.**

> it doesn't matter what the architects' intentions are, the resulting rules of the game tell the players what to value.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Governance* (2021), Design choices match values, page 23

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214

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

**Keywords.** mechanism-design, incentive-design, values, dao-governance

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782220-026

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