The Father of Futarchy Has an Idea to Reshape DAO Governance

The Father of Futarchy Has an Idea to Reshape DAO Governance

Sixteen years after Robin Hanson published a seminal paper on using prediction markets to inform governance decisions, his ideas have found a home in the Ethereum community. The associate professor of economics at George Mason University and researcher at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute first coined the term "Futarchy" to describe a new form of governance that uses data from prediction markets to provide input. Since the article's original publication, Hanson has traveled the world teaching classes, pitching businesses and making appearances at conferences about Futarchy.....


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