# Founder control

`kaal:entity:founder-control`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `founder-control`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2022 to 2023.

**2022**

- [4015908-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4015908-027) [condition/argued] -- Founders may hold significant influence over DAO votes initially depending on the DAO design, but higher levels of governance decentralization mitigate these centralization effects quickly through the onboarding of new DAO members.
  > Depending on the DAO design, the founders may have significant influence over the DAO votes initially. However, higher levels of DAO governance decentralization mitigate these centralization effects quickly via the onboarding of new DAO members.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Fair Token Launch (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4015908

**2023**

- [4529715-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-021) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- True decentralization requires the absence of a primary decision-maker, which is very difficult for a decentralized insurance organization to achieve while it is still in its infancy.
  > Despite the potential benefits, decentralized insurance organizations face several challenges. First, true decentralization requires the absence of a primary decision-maker, which is difficult to achieve in an organization's infancy.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715
- [4529715-029](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-029) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Lobby3 was effectively attacked from within: founders maintained heavy control and slowly diverted funds to themselves, producing a very slow rug pull.
  > Because the founders maintained heavy control and slowly diverted funds to themselves, the DAO suffered from a very slow rug pull.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715

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