VitaDAO's one token one vote structure leaves it susceptible to the 51 percent or whale attack, a vulnerability made worse because the VITA token is primarily purchasable.
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Because Vita uses a one token one vote, they are susceptible to the 51% problem, or "Whale Attack." This problem is further exacerbated because the Vita token is primarily a purchasable token.
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Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023), Appendix, Charity DAOs, VitaDAO, p. 116 https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715 · source PDF
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Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715
extended_bykaal:claim:5254152-013 Low attack resistance in DAOs is typically caused by the use of easily purchasable or transferable governance ...
extended_bykaal:claim:5254152-027 Requiring users to purchase governance tokens in order to vote both centralizes power in majority token holder...
extended_bykaal:claim:5254152-038 Reliance on fungible, publicly tradable governance tokens undermines a protocol's resilience by exposing it to...
supported_bykaal:claim:5254152-030 A one person, one vote structure raises a DAO's resistance to 51 percent and sock puppet attacks, as reflected...
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