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   "text": "In a decentralized autonomous organization a series of smart contracts grants token holders voting rights, so the blockchain-based smart contract performs the function that articles of incorporation or bylaws perform in a conventional company.",
   "abstract": "A series of smart contracts granted token holders voting rights. In this respect, the blockchain-based smart contract mimics the role of articles of incorporation or bylaws.",
   "citation": "Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2922176",
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   "text": "Because a series of smart contracts grants DAO token holders voting rights, those smart contracts take the place of articles of association or bylaws and of the entire precedent system that a jurisdiction based legal structure would otherwise supply by default.",
   "abstract": "Because a series of smart contracts grants DAO token holders voting rights, the blockchain-based smart contracts imitates the role of articles of association or bylaws and the entirety of a precedent system that would otherwise be provided by default in a jurisdiction-based legal structure.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320",
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