# Tiered membership

`kaal:entity:tiered-membership`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `tiered-membership`. 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

2 claims across 2 works, 2023 to 2024.

**2023**

- [4529715-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-040) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- When only a minority of members, such as Audius node operators, can stake or earn weighted votes, the majority of token holders occupy the same powerless position as an ordinary shareholder in a corporation.
  > The downside of their structure is that only a minority of users are able to use staking or weighted tokens for voting. Thus, a majority of token holders remain in the same position as any general shareholder of a corporation relative to their power.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715

**2024**

- [5254152-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5254152-037) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Tiered membership models that tie governance rights and influence to token holdings introduce imbalance and a centralization element into DAO governance, as scored for Bankless DAO.
  > The tiered membership model ties rights and influence to token holdings, creating an imbalance and centralization element in its governance (G: 4).
  Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5254152

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