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   "text": "If underwriters decline to reclaim their encumbered tokens, that breach is resolved by selling the encumbered tokens, plus additional freshly minted tokens as needed, in an auction open to current DAO participants and to outsiders wishing to join.",
   "abstract": "In such a case, the encumbered tokens, along with additional freshly minted tokens as needed, would be sold in an auction. All current DAO participants as well as outsiders interested in joining the DAO may bid for the tokens in this auction.",
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   "text": "A breach by the underwriters of a policy does not amount to a default by the DAO, and under normal market conditions a well designed DAO should experience very few breaches if any.",
   "abstract": "Note that a breach by underwriters on a policy does not imply a default by the DAO. Under normal market conditions, a well-designed DAO should experience very few breaches, if any",
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   "text": "Even where the underwriters of a policy breach the contract, the auction of the encumbered tokens together with the sale of additional tokens as needed ensures the policy holder's claim is fully met.",
   "abstract": "Even if the underwriters of a particular policy were to breach the contract, the auction of the encumbered tokens and the sale of additional tokens as needed ensures that the policy holder's claim is fully met.",
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   "text": "What the authors call a breach on a particular insurance contract does not necessarily imply any losses for the consumer, so underwriter breach and consumer harm are decoupled in this design.",
   "abstract": "Thus, what we are referring to as a breach on a particular insurance contract does not necessarily imply any losses for the consumer.",
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