# kaal:claim:4067783-002

**Claim.** Poorly executed DAOs exhibit a recognizable cluster of pathologies, including siphoned coins, distracted and robo voters, centralization, DAO washing by founders, and absent decentralized governance, and these pathologies drive mid-term and long-term DAO failure.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> Several of the identifiable downsides include: siphoned coins, distracted and robo voters, centralization, DAO washing by founders, lack of decentralized governance, and other pitfalls that could end up in mid-term and long-term DAO failure.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *DAO Fallacies* (2022), I. Introduction, page 4

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783

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**Failure mode.** DAO washing and robo voting decay  (family: governance-participation-collapse)

**Topics.** dao, governance-design, decentralization

**Keywords.** dao, governance-failure, robo-voting, dao-washing, centralization

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-001

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