3 papers
cs.CY2026
Voting Biases in Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Governance
Stefano Balietti, Pietro Saggese, Markus Strohmaier
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) use token-weighted voting to allocate resources, set protocol rules, and legitimate collective decisions. Yet, support in DAO voting i…
cs.CY2025
Slaying the Dragon: The Quest for Democracy in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
Stefano Balietti, Pietro Saggese, Stefan Kitzler +1
This chapter explores how Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), a novel institutional form based on blockchain technology, challenge traditional centralized governance str…
cs.SI2023
The Governance of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: A Study of Contributors' Influence, Networks, and Shifts in Voting Power
Stefan Kitzler, Stefano Balietti, Pietro Saggese +2
We present a study analyzing the voting behavior of contributors, or vested users, in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). We evaluate their involvement in decision-makin…