Preface

Welcome to DAOverse, this report discusses the frameworks and methodologies prevalent in the current DAO Ecosystem. Here you will find a deep dive into the day-to-day operations of a Web3 DAO with a clear focus on methods to analyze the contributions and health of the community and ways to reward them. This report's findings depend on my study and interaction with around 300 web3 communities, mainly on Discord.

Goals

  1. To identify, observe and compile a database of active web3 DAO communities on Discord and categorise them according to their working principle
  2. Get understanding of the day to day operations of a web3 protocol & community DAO
  3. A complete guide on how to setup and run your DAO with in-depth Resources
  4. Resources and database of DAO tools and frameworks to manage DAOs on multiple platforms
  5. Methods and resources to track and measure the community contributions and health of a DAO with emphasis on the current popular ways and their results on Discord
  6. Understanding the web3 DAO community and their demographics, behaviours and views on DAOs

Keywords : Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Decentralised Organisations, DAOs, Communities, Discord, DAO Operations, Contribution measurment Methodology, Contribution measurement tools, DAO Tools, DAO Frameworks, Problems in DAOs, Community Research, Community Feedback & Reviews

Introduction

I have taken a approach to take things from ground to a much depth in very diffrent aspects of a DAO, first I started with gathering some data on DAOs and evaluating them on the basis of community engagement, after i analysed 300+ communites i noticed some key aspects and working structure of the DAO. The thing is that most protocols don’t need a DAO or they are just riding on the DAO wave and not taking it seriouly but just giving the name of discord server a DAO. Apart from that there is no productive activity goin on there
I have started from categorizing the DAO and writing basic summary of that category with examples of some prominent DAOs active there. Then i moved to the section where i have writtern down the journey and resources that you need to start, operate and manage a DAO.

Methodology of research

****I have took the path to leverage the knowlegde and insights already available on internet by some amazing people and used some snippets here and there to best describe and explain a particular concept. I have written all the information and things anyone might need to start things and also provided links to resources to further gain indepth clarity incase anyone want to explore further, nut for most people the information is more than sufficient.

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