# kaal:claim:4529715-014

**Claim.** Some DAO governance platforms create more risk than they mitigate, and DAOs that are not well governed are doomed to fail.

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

**Holds when.**

- platform provided governance templates

**Source quote.**

> However, some of these platforms can create more risk than they mitigate. DAOs that are not well-governed are doomed to fail.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis* (2023), Current state of DAOs, page 16

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715

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**Failure mode.** platform-risk-exceeds-mitigation  (family: governance-participation-collapse)

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

**Keywords.** dao, governance-platforms, risk, failure-modes

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