Chore Wheel is a DAO platform for housing communities, providing tools for managing labor contributions, behavioral norms, and shared funds (see demo).

Implemented as a family of open-source Slack apps, Chore Wheel uses friendly chat-like interfaces and powerful mechanisms to engage residents in community self-governance. In continuous use for over two years, 2,000+ chores have been claimed through the platform since launch, and we continue to improve.

IMPACT: Chore Wheel reduces housing costs by enabling the cost-savings of coliving, without the corresponding increase in management costs. While coliving operators typically charge 10% plus a membership fee, Chore Wheel enables operators to charge 8% with no additional membership fee.

IMPACT: We have written popular science articles and published research demonstrating Chore Wheel's efficacy, which has been cited as part of the growing body of literature on "contributions systems" more widely.

IMPACT: We have demonstrated that web3-style digital governance mechanisms can be used by "real people" in the wild. Our users are not crypto-native and have little to no experience with self-governance.

Contributions will go towards development, education, and marketing to distribute the tools to more communities. We are a bootstrapped project; your support is invaluable.

Team Members:

• Daniel Kronovet, project lead. Founder of Zaratan Coliving and lead developer of the economic mechanisms; previously research engineer at Colony and lead developer of the BudgetBox algorithm for public-goods-funding.

• Seth Frey, research advisor. Professor of Communications at UC Davis, helped develop the economic mechanisms

• Joseph DeSimone, research advisor. Game designer, helped develop the economic mechanisms