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A Survey on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and Their Governance

In: Reviews and Advances in Fintech I

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  • Qinxu Ding
  • Daniel Liebau
  • Zhiguo Wang
  • Weibiao Xu

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Decentralized Autonomous Organizations or DAOs are organizations governed by a set of pre-defined rules programmed as source code in smart contracts. Once implemented, a DAO can automatically execute tasks, coordinate, and facilitate decentralized decision-making, without any central authority. This new and emerging paradigm is still under development and has not been researched much until today. To our knowledge, the literature still lacks a comprehensive survey discussing DAOs and DAO governance. We conduct a systematic review of common characteristics, a DAO categorization, real-world DAO applications, DAO governance including voting schemes and dispute resolution mechanisms in DAOs to provide an initial overview. We anticipate that our work can provide useful insights and references for researchers and industrial practitioners who wish to delve deeper into this nascent area.

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  • Qinxu Ding & Daniel Liebau & Zhiguo Wang & Weibiao Xu, 2025. "A Survey on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and Their Governance," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: David Kuo Chuen Lee & Daniel Liebau & Cindy Xin Deng (ed.), Reviews and Advances in Fintech I, chapter 2, pages 5-25, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789819806751_0002
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    JEL classification:

    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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