What are decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and what can you do with them?

Recently, we have rapidly started to work in a more decentralized way. No longer constantly at work, but much more or even completely at the home workplace. Major technology companies such as Facebook and Twitter have already indicated that they are fully committed to a ‘decentralized workforce’. The Dutch government has also started to regulate various activities in an increasingly decentralized manner. Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) go much further. But what exactly are those? In this article all information about this new phenomenon.

As humans, we have been organizing ourselves in ever-changing, newer forms ever since we walked the Earth. In recent years, the accelerated digital transition has pushed more and more organizations into the cloud. Research shows that more than three quarters of internet users are now in an online community, and another survey shows that almost 80% of respondents indicate that the main community they are a member of operates online. We are even seeing all kinds of new organizational forms emerging, such as the sharing economy and content networks, that reward people for their contribution to a network.

The current dilemma: differences in wealth and profit maximization
Thus, over the past hundreds of years, corporations have played an important role in building our human civilization, which has never been so rich. But at the same time, they are now creating major problems that have a strong…