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   "text": "The foundation model for token issuance is a core form of centralized top-down governance, and most ICO projects were governed by a small group of individuals rather than by the community at large or a DAO.",
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   "text": "If the DAO governing a fair launch is controlled by a handful of people in a foundation setting, decentralized governance metrics are less likely to take hold and the public is correspondingly less likely to benefit from decentralized community governance over the launch.",
   "abstract": "controlled by a handful of people in a foundation setting, it is less likely that decentralized governance metrics take hold in the DAO. Accordingly, it is less likely that the public can benefit from the decentralized community governance over the fair launch.",
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