Cryptopedia: Learn the basics of DAOs and how they work

Cryptopedia: Learn the basics of DAOs and how they work

Cointelegraph breaks DAOs down, explaining why this increasingly popular governance structure is relevant and transformative. In the latest Cryptopedia episode, viewers can get a succinct and informative overview of decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs. Cointelegraph's Jackson DuMont believes DAOs have the power to "completely transform how work and social collaboration are organized."What makes this type of organization both decentralized and autonomous? The answer is smart contracts on the blockchain. Fundamentally, a DAO runs on the lines of computer code written on smart....


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Cointelegraph explains what smart contracts are and how this blockchain-based technology changes the way transactions are made. Cointelegraph's Jackson DuMont tackles smart contracts in the latest episode of Cryptopedia. He explains how smart contracts work from the basics and provides examples of how they can be utilized in real-world scenarios. DuMont describes smart contracts as code within the blockchain that "execute when specific conditions are met." They are self-executing contracts built on blockchain technology and have the power to complete transactions without middlemen. As an....

Co-founders of UkraineDAO and Friends With Benefits DAO talk autonomous organ...

Panelists discuss whether DAOs can have enough legal power to replace not only corporate structures but to also challenge governance models. Kimbal Musk, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Alex Zhang took to the SXSW stage on Monday to participate in the "Move Over NFTs. Here Come the DAOs" panel at Austin's Convention Center. Tolokonnikova is a former member of the Russian protest punk rock group Pussy Riot, and the co-founder of UnicornDAO and UkraineDAO. Zhang co-founded the social club, DAO Friends With Benefits, and serves as its mayor, while Musk cofounded the philanthropic Big Green DAO.....

Cryptopedia: Learn the concepts behind stablecoins and how they work

Cointelegraph breaks down stablecoins and how they give users a way to safely store their assets without worrying about depreciation. Cointelegraph’s director of video production Jackson DuMont dissected stablecoins in the latest episode of Cryptopedia. DuMont also explored and explained algorithmic stablecoins and the recent incident involving the TerraUSD (UST) and why it was unable to maintain its dollar peg. DuMont defined stablecoins as “a crypto whose value is tied to an outside asset such as the United States Dollar (USD).” According to DuMont, stablecoins are very vital to the....

Cryptopedia: Learn about Web3 and how it aims to transform internet services

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How do you DAO? Can DAOs scale and other burning questions

DAO: Decentralized. Autonomous. Organization.The whole phrase is a misnomer. Theyre not decentralized, not autonomous and they are not organizations, Monsterplay blockchain consultancy founder David Freuden tells Magazine.Freuden co-authored a 51-page report on DAOs in May 2020 in an attempt to help realize their potential.We need DAOs, he explains. The idea of shareholder first is only a 1980s/1990s concept. Companies became about profits, not products.He foresaw big things for DAOs and much has changed nearly two years later. By the end of 2021, DAOs had more than 1.6 million....