DAO research: A roadmap for experimenting with governance

Authors Andy Hall and Eliza Oak propose that DAOs and web3 governance can serve as a laboratory for social scientists studying how constitutional features shape behavior in democratic governance. The article outlines five research areas: voter turnout, reward based on merit rather than token wealth, institutional design such as vetoes and bicameralism, representation, and strategic behavior. It notes that Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS) is being used by multiple projects to base governance power on earned reputation, and that the Cosmos Hub recently piloted a citizen's assembly for controversial community decisions.