DAO Accelerationism

May 15th, 2024

Intro

DAO Accelerationism is a meme, a movement, and a headless brand dedicated to activating the DAO renaissance. Why? Because Web3 is about building decentralised systems, and we cannot reliably have decentralised systems without decentralised organisations to govern them.

In this post:

WTF and WHY DAO Accelerationism?
DAOG scenecoin?
What‘s next

Why DAO?

In our world, we already have centralised versions of everything. The world was built this way as we did not have other technologies. We know there are many problems with centralised systems such as corporations and governments becoming unaccountable and extractive towards people they depend on.

We NOW have new technologies that allow us to build decentralised systems.

Unfortunately, we CANNOT have decentralised systems if they are controlled or owned by centralised groups or organisations.

In order to continue the path of decentralisation, we must allocate time and capital to pushing the DAO movement forward. There is no other option.

Temporary Disillusionment

It‘s true, vast majority of DAOs so far have failed, and nobody is even talking about DAOs anymore - outside the niche of hardcore DAO enthusiasts like ourselves 😂

Some say the D in DAO stands for Dysfunctional.

The thing is, we’re just early. There were barely any proper tools and mental frameworks. Our task now is to show people that the way we‘ve been DAOing, isn‘t the only way to DAO. To show that:

Decentralised doesn’t have to mean chaotic
Autonomy doesn‘t mean a lack of accountability
Voting doesn‘t have to mean whales get to decide
DAOs can be leaderful, not just leaderless
DAOs aren‘t going anywhere!

Ultimately, DAOs succeed for the same reason blockchains will. We‘ve entered the network age and an age of exponentially increasing complexity, which makes it rational to decentralise both intelligence and execution.

The bigger picture

Citizens of most countries are unhappy with how their governments operate. Corrupt politicians, bloated bureaucracies, opaque decision making & spending. Meanwhile, disengagement at workplaces is at an all time high, and corporations are some of the last bastions of dictatorship.

How many nation states are accountable to their citizens? How many corporations are accountable to their employees & users? Surprising that we want something better?

Can we make DAOs into transparent & accountable organisational forms that start to replace corrupted governmental functions & overly-extractive corporations?

We think so 🤷‍♂️

The most flexible career path

Finally, we think DAOs will offer a legitimate career path, allowing people to set their own perfect mix. Hopefully, with the best of all worlds:

Community of having a job
Freedom of being a freelancer
Ownership of being a founder

With a bonus effect:

Security of multiple income streams

Moreover, tokens allow us to bootstrap networks that reward things we find valuable, rather than only what makes the most $. DAOs allow us to align workers, investors & users into a single group of stakeholders — and after all, the factory is is not going to pollute the town if it's owned by the townsfolk.

DAOG scenecoin

DAOG is a rallying cry for those who believe DAOs are the future of coordination. We’ll use it to signal alignment with the meme and to reward those who are advancing the DAO ecosystem.

5-10 years from now at The Grand DAO Awards, holders of DAOG will be considered the critical mass that started the DAO renaissance.

When you receive DAOG, it's customary to immediately forward some to the best DAOist you know.

DAOG distribution

Remaining DAOG tokens will be held by the DAOcemberists DAO, with upcoming sales selling DAOG at double the price each time.

Utility

Main utility is for you to send it to those who are advancing to the DAO ecosystem.

Tipping in telegram group(s), during events and on social media
Upvoting at the Grand DAO Awards & the DAO Hack Month (1 upvote costs 1 DAOG)

Other utility:

Leaderboards of top DAOs, top DAO tooling & top DAOists based on DAOG received
DAO social graph of who approved who as a DAOG
A potential airdrop list for future DAOs

Accelerating the process

DAO Accelerationism starts by organising events, before growing from a single community into a decentralised movement with a headless brand and a well oiled DAO propaganda machine.

Starting yearly projects:

✅ Virtual gathering of DAOists for talks & panels - DAOcember
✅ Crowdsourced DAO playbook, iterated after DAOcember - DAO Playbook
✅ DAO incubation/acceleration program - DAO Spring
✅ Hackathon around DAO tooling - DAO Hack Month
DAO demos and job fair - DAO Rush Week
Awards for top DAOs & DAO tooling - Grand DAO Awards

These projects will continue being sustainable through sponsorships, with small DAOG fees added later. % of the budget will always go towards buying DAOG to redistribute.

We’ll also be helping other events by promoting them through the DAO/acc newsletter, telegram group & twitter account, as well as introductions to sponsors & small DAOG grants. Organizers, get in touch!

So far…

As mentioned already, our core objective is to spread the DAO meme, aggregate DAO knowledge and help the new generations of DAOists start DAOs while avoiding pitfalls.

Stats so far:

Organized DAOcember, featured 70+ DAOists repping 80+ DAOs & related projects
Telegram & twitter organically grown from 0 to 300+ in 2 weeks
Event attended/watched by 1000+ people
Knowledge distilled into a 170-page crowdsourced DAO Playbook
First cohort of DAO acceleration/incubation w/ 20 DAO mentors
Over $20k raised from sponsors, attendees & DAO veterans

What can I do?

Mint the NFT to get the DAOG airdrop & become a DAOG OG!

Mint this NFT 👈
Tweet or post about it
Forward this post to your favorite 2 DAOists
Add DAO/acc to your name on socials
Join the telegram group

This movement comes from the ground up. YOU are this movement. If everyone spends just a bit of their time and attention pushing the DAO/acc meme forward, it will grow rapidly. So let’s keep pushing it forward!

Mint it!

Mint this hat to support the DAO/acc movement and gain entry to the group chat.

Thank you!

Thank you to defiglenn, 0xAlex, Eugene, OrnellaWeb3, seanwbren.eth, willywonka, Ivan, James Young, Dekan Brown, Nick Naraghi & Spencer Graham for minting. Big thank you to 1sla, Ian Levines, BPetes, rathermercurial.eth, Sky, Adam Miller, PhilH, sid, David Ehrlichman, Chris Carella, METADREAMER & Paulo Fonseca for minting + helping make this post less cringe.