# Governance standards

`kaal:entity:governance-standards`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `governance-standards`. 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, 2021 to 2023.

**2021**

- [3808873-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-034) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Because basic standards for the governance of digital assets were still missing at the beginning of the 2020s, the digital asset market stagnated and decentralized finance remained in its infancy; without standards and governance, certainty and market confidence cannot develop.
  > At the beginning of the 2020s, basic standards for the governance of digital assets were still missing. As a result, the digital asset market stagnated and DeFi (decentralized finance) remained in its infancy.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

**2023**

- [4529715-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-012) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- There is no consistent standard for DAO governance, which pushes each DAO to invent its own structure, and because decentralized governance is complex many of those structures fail to become truly decentralized, autonomous, or organized.
  > There is no consistent standard for DAO governance. This leads many DAOs to develop their own governance structure. However, because of the complex nature of decentralized governance, many DAO governance structures fail to become truly decentralized, autonomous, or organized.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715
- [4529715-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-024) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The full potential of DAOs can be realized only if the challenges of standardized governance mechanisms, scalability, and legal frameworks are resolved.
  > However, the full potential of DAOs can only be realized through the resolution of challenges such as standardized governance mechanisms, scalability, and legal frameworks.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715

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