Decentralization Research Center (@TheDRC

Decentralization Research Center

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Decentralization Research Center

@TheDRC_

Non-profit advocating for decentralization as a fundamental characteristic of emerging technologies. Monthly newsletter: drc.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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Decentralization Research Center
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Jul 14, 2025
The industry has made it clear: effective blockchain policy must incentivize decentralization. DRC and 50 other leading stakeholders in the crypto industry just delivered a joint letter to @SpeakerJohnson, @RepJeffries, @LeaderJohnThune, and @SenSchumer in support of the CLARITY
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Decentralization Research Center
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Aug 10, 2022
We are thrilled to officially announce the launch of our new non-profit DAO Library 🍾🍾🍾 This library aggregates and curates DAO research on a single platform. It is a public good that will always be accessible to the community at no cost. How the DAO Library works:
Decentralization Research Center
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Jun 9, 2023
How do we mitigate our Big Tech problem? By enhancing & supporting equitably owned and governed alternatives. We describe how in our paper published with the Harvard @BelferCenter & @TAPP_Project by @c_spelliscy @sarahhubba @samuelvancelaw & @ntnsndr.🧵
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Toward Equitable Ownership and Governance in the Digital Public Sphere
This paper, authored by Connor Spelliscy, Sarah Hubbard, Nathan Schneider, and Samuel Vance-Law, explores how newly developed DAO tooling could help co-ops compete in the online economy.
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Mar 18, 2025
U.S. policymakers will pass laws in the next two years that will set the course of the crypto industry’s future for decades to come. Before they do, we need them to understand why incentivizing decentralization is critical to the crypto industry’s success and how to account for
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Decentralization Research Center
@TheDRC_
Jul 5, 2022
1/12 DAOs are the most important form of innovation to human cooperation since Robert Lowe masterminded the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1856. Cooperation is foundational to progress - and DAOs are the next frontier. This 🧵 highlights foundational DAO articles for operators:
Decentralization Research Center
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Sep 7, 2022
1/49 We gathered 70+ DAO operators, researchers, and representatives for a day of workshops at Stanford. The group had three DAO-specific goals: - Collaborate Across Disciplines - Generate Research Priorities - Facilitate Future Research Here’s what we learned 🧵
Decentralization Research Center
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Jul 11, 2022
We're proud to announce the 2022 Stanford DAO Workshop - to accelerate DAO functionality - in collaboration with the incredible teams at @CBRStanford, @metagov_project & @SCRForum. Here's an overview of the event, including the structure, participants, application forms, etc 👇
Decentralization Research Center
@TheDRC_
Sep 27, 2023
We are excited to announce our launch as the Decentralization Research Center! As our focus on decentralization extends into fields of research beyond DAOs, we wanted our identity to reflect our evolving mission. More below 🧵
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Jan 31, 2023
As DAOs continue to evolve, and the study of their governance continues to expand in scope and complexity, it can be hard to identify a good starting point for initial exploration. That’s why we’re thrilled to publish our Overview on DAO Governance: daocollective.xyz/governance/
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Decentralization Research Center
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Aug 16, 2022
In his overview of DAO Legal Entity structures, @DAOResearchCo Head of Research @David_M_Kerr offers a broad refresher on legal wrapper options currently available to DAOs in the U.S.🧵
Decentralization Research Center
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Feb 25, 2025
Policy decisions made in the next two years will shape the future of the blockchain industry for decades to come. That future could offer users unprecedented levels of transparency, economic opportunity, and security on decentralized infrastructure, or could be one where
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Decentralization Research Center
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Dec 11, 2023
We are excited to share our findings from 4+ months of quantitative & qualitative research on DAO delegation: The State of DAO Delegation Report A thread on our findings 🧵
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Decentralization Research Center
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Feb 9, 2023
We’re proud to announce DAO Havard! A conference running from April 2nd-4th attended by builders, policymakers, and academics who will move the needle on research, law, and policy considerations for DAOs. Apply by Feb 28th. See below for more details👇 forms.gle/cM2YFVrazvcncd…
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Decentralization Research Center
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Jan 4, 2023
Over the course of the last few months of 2022, a diverse group of researchers and builders gathered to discuss the potential intersections of cooperativism and Web3. Together, they sought a path ‘Toward a More Cooperative Web3’: deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?I…
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