# kaal:claim:5254152-013

**Claim.** Low attack resistance in DAOs is typically caused by the use of easily purchasable or transferable governance tokens, which leave the organization vulnerable to attacks such as 51 percent and Sybil attacks.

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

**Holds when.**

- DAOs whose voting power is embodied in freely purchasable or transferable tokens

**Source quote.**

> Lower scores indicate vulnerability to attacks, often due to the use of easily purchasable or transferable governance tokens.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024* (2024), Scoring Methodology, page 11

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5254152

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `bb2052d809a4615f0f3e2526ba6416293c40d00260149ba4fe6f38addf052796` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20DAO%20Market%20Meta%20Analysis%202024.pdf

**Failure mode.** purchasable governance token attack surface  (family: token-transferability-defect)

**Topics.** consensus-and-security, governance-design, tokenomics

**Keywords.** attack-resistance, governance-tokens, sybil-attack, 51-percent-attack

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