Upgrading smart contracts allows DAOs and other Dapps to fix bugs and upgrade their
functionality. The most widely used pattern for upgrading is the proxy pattern. However, the …

Smart contracts enable the collection and disbursement of funds according to immutable
computer programs. Built on a Turingcomplete platform, such contracts have the capacity to …

Decentralized application users may face unexpected situations that the smart contract
implementing the application should handle, but cannot, because the smart contract cannot …

In this paper, we analyze the current management status of decentralized autonomous
organizations (DAO) and propose a protocol for managing a DAO. For the management of …

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations or DAOs are organizations governed by a set of
pre-defined rules programmed as source code in smart contracts. Once implemented, a …

The emergence of blockchain 2.0 technology enables novel agile business networking
collaborations for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO). Smart contracts are …

Decentralized oracle networks (DONs) provide a mechanism for interoperability within
blockchain networks, additionally, they can address potential security vulnerabilities …

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLTs) or blockchains have been steadily emerging and
providing innovation in the past decade for several use cases, ranging from financial …

This chapter delves into the burgeoning world of smart contracts and their critical role in
powering decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Beginning with an exploration of …

First Bitcoin in 2008, and later Ethereum in 2014, held a powerful promise: online
decentralized governance, without servers or central controllers, not just for finance …