Course Outline
Introduction to Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- Rapid review of blockchain fundamentals
- Ethereum, Layer-2 solutions, and the role of smart contracts
- The significance of smart contracts as the backbone of DAOs
Understanding Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
- Distinctions between DAOs and traditional organisational structures
- Categories of DAOs: protocol DAOs, investment DAOs, service DAOs, and social/community DAOs
- Notable examples: MakerDAO, Aragon, ConstitutionDAO, and PleasrDAO
Legal and Regulatory Landscape
- Current status of legal recognition for DAOs (e.g., Wyoming, Marshall Islands)
- Compliance hurdles: securities regulations, taxation, and liability issues
- Case studies highlighting legal outcomes related to DAOs
DAO Governance Structures
- Tokens and various voting mechanisms
- Quadratic voting, delegation, and weighted voting systems
- Coordination challenges: voter apathy, whale influence, and governance attacks
Safety, Security, and Risk Management
- Historical DAO hacks and exploits (e.g., The DAO hack, DeFi DAO vulnerabilities)
- Smart contract auditing and essential security practices
- Strategies for the safe management of treasury funds
Advantages and Challenges of DAOs
- Benefits including transparency, inclusiveness, and global collaboration
- Challenges related to scalability and decision-making bottlenecks
- Balancing the need for decentralisation with operational efficiency
Evaluating DAO Tools and Ecosystem
- DAO frameworks: Aragon, DAOstack, Snapshot, Gnosis Safe
- Community management platforms: Discord, Discourse, Coordinape
- Comparing on-chain versus off-chain governance models
Practical Application: Does Your Business Need a DAO?
- Identifying business cases where DAOs provide significant value
- Mapping DAO use cases within investment and entrepreneurship
- Workshop: developing a problem statement and creating a DAO roadmap
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of blockchain technology
- Familiarity with corporate structures and governance models
Target Audience
- Investors
- Entrepreneurs
- Business leaders interested in exploring blockchain-based operational models
Testimonials (3)
- like the blockchain introduction. For a blockchain newbie like me, its englighten me. - Like the technical workshop, also interesting
Muhammad Lutfi Budiansyah - PT Digital Daya Teknologi
Course - Web3 Engineering & Supply Chain Finance Architecture
I really enjoy the training with Patrick. He is clearly very knowledgeable on various topics related to blockchain. He explains really well.
Vanessa Rose - Bank for International Settlements
Course - Ethereum for Developers
excellent information management