If you needed to create an unique on-line group with a shared objective, how would you go about it? If your reply is, “with crypto, obviously!” then you definitely’re in luck. DAOs (these are decentralized autonomous organizations, if that helps) are rising extra standard with proponents of cryptocurrency and blockchain applied sciences. But what’s up for some debate is what these communities are literally good for, and how much impression this purposeful gatekeeping can have on the actual world.
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This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED senior author Gilad Edelman joins us to speak in regards to the topsy-turvy world of DAOs and his personal expertise with creating one.
Show Notes
Read Gilad’s story about his experimental DAO for punchlines.
Recommendations
Gilad recommends calling the IRS (sure, critically). Mike recommends the New Yorker Android app. Lauren recommends WIRED’s beginner’s guide to Discord.
Gilad could be discovered on Twitter @GiladEdelman. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the primary hotline at @GadgetLab. The present is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.
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