Governance Research Round

Ran on the Arbitrum blockchain from 15 Nov 2023 00:00 to 29 Nov 2023 00:00 (UTC).
ARB 31500
($34,988.82)
Matching pool
42
Total Projects
$0.00
Total USD Crowdfunded
2391
Total Donations
$6300 ARB
Matching Cap
1061
Total Donors
29 Nov 2023 00:00
Round ended on
0
Projects Reaching Matching Cap
Ethereum Dispute Resolution Ecosystem Mapping Initiative
Researching and mapping Ethereum dispute resolution platforms to understand their mechanisms and effectiveness, aiming to enhance fairness and efficiency in the decentralized ecosystem. Led by specialists in governance and DAOs.
Donor amount: $81.04
Paradigma Education: How Much Cost To Pillage a DAO?
Explore and enhance the "Explorability" metric to measure and secure DAOs against governance exploitation and treasury attacks.
Donor amount: $77.27
VinQ: Decentralized co-creation community for regenerative viticulture
A platform fostering global transition to regenerative agriculture through collaborative research and sharing verified data among farmers, researchers, and tech providers for evidence-based practices.
Donor amount: $76.96
(BOOK PROJECT) Self-Infrastructuring: How Decentralised Technology Communities Organise & Govern
Writing a novel exploring "self-infrastructuring," how decentralized technologies enable collective self-organization, targeting Web3 practitioners, with funds aiding in creating accessible materials and seminars.
Donor amount: $73.60
Scoping and Feasibility Research For Decentralizing Governance in Scientific Publishing
Researching and developing a decentralized governance framework for "Frontier Registry," a blockchain-based scientific publishing protocol. Focus on ethical user agency and alternative governance to token-weighted voting.
Donor amount: $73.36
A Constitutional Logic: Supporting Blockchain Projects to Navigate Constitutionalism
Exploring and developing governance principles for blockchain communities, this research project assesses when and how constitutionalization can enhance legitimacy and effectiveness in decentralized governance.
Donor amount: $68.32
Modpol: Turn social platforms into governable spaces
Development of a toolkit named Modpol for incorporating user-created governance in multiplayer games, specifically starting with Minetest, aiming to democratize online communities and empower diverse, modular political practices. Total budget: $17,500.
Donor amount: $63.43
Token Engineering Governance Education
Emerging discipline of Token Engineering focuses on designing and verifying tokenized ecosystems, fostering ethical practices, and building a knowledgeable community through education and development of digital public infrastructure.
Donor amount: $62.85
Distributed Governance Score Framework: DAO Index
Developing a scoring tool, the DAO Index, to evaluate and improve transparency and governance within Decentralized Autonomous Organizations by standardizing assessment principles, creating a benchmark, and promoting shared understanding.
Donor amount: $42.93
Who Participates in Web3 Governance? A Large-scale Survey of DAO User Demographics
A survey collecting demographic data from major DAO members to understand and improve web3 governance and inform media and academia about the diverse web3 community.
Donor amount: $41.59
InclusiveAI: Equitable AI Governance via DAOs and Plural QV
Implementing and testing Democratic AI Governance tools using DAO, plural quadratic voting, and empirical validation with diverse user groups to enhance equitable AI decision-making and address power imbalances.
Donor amount: $38.77
DeSci Landscape Analysis
Analyzing governance and operations of decentralized science (DeSci) DAOs to map ecosystem, identify growth trends, and enhance cross-project collaboration for scientific community development.
Donor amount: $34.72
Aiki Wiki
A Wiki-based protocol for scalable conflict resolution and consensus building using Game Theory and Psychology to foster mutual win-win outcomes without voting mechanisms.
Donor amount: $33.82
DAO Death
This project proposes research into a mechanism for the "death" of DAOs, enabling their termination when outlived their usefulness, akin to natural organisms.
Donor amount: $33.32
Protector | Protect Social Fact Layer
A Chinese governance research group active since 2021, focused on studying and participating in NounsDAO governance, aiming to educate and alert the community about proposal complexities and factual distortions.
Donor amount: $22.17