kaal:claim:5254152-037

Tiered membership models that tie governance rights and influence to token holdings introduce imbalance and a centralization element into DAO governance, as scored for Bankless DAO.

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The tiered membership model ties rights and influence to token holdings, creating an imbalance and centralization element in its governance (G: 4).

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Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024 (2024), APPENDIX A: DAO Dataset, Bankless DAO, p. 42
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Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5254152

Holds when

DAOs with contributor tiers or access levels keyed to token ownership

Classification

failuresupport: evidencedfailure: token gated membership tiersfamily: plutocratic-capturegovernance-designtokenomicsdecentralizationdaosystemic-risk

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