DAO Entity Features & Entity Selection

Miles Jennings and David Kerr

Reference guides for key decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) entity selection, and features, from Miles Jennings’ & David Kerr’s ongoing series of legal frameworks for DAOs. Read part two, “DAO Entity Selection Framework,” from which the below graphics are reproduced, here. Part one, “A Legal Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations,” is available here.

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DAO entity selection framework

A flowchart to guide builders and legal practitioners through the process of applying their facts and circumstances to the entity selection process.

DAO entity structure features

Relevant features of the entity structures most commonly used by DAOs, so builders can compare available structures.

download the full DAO Legal Framework Part 2 pdf here

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