# kaal:claim:5254152-037

**Claim.** 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.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- DAOs with contributor tiers or access levels keyed to token ownership

**Source quote.**

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

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024* (2024), APPENDIX A: DAO Dataset, Bankless DAO, page 42

**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.** token gated membership tiers  (family: plutocratic-capture)

**Topics.** governance-design, tokenomics, decentralization, dao, systemic-risk

**Keywords.** tiered-membership, governance-tokens, centralization, bankless-dao

**Related claims.**

- specializes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4015908-024

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