# kaal:claim:3799320-015

**Claim.** The identity of actors in a DAO governance design is itself a source of corruption, so merit identifiers other than individual identity remove the most corruptive influences.

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

**Holds when.**

- governance designs that expose actor identity

**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, *A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs* (2021), Suboptimal Incentive Design, page 11

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

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**Topics.** governance-design

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

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-021
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-038
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-019

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