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A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), sometimes called a decentralized autonomous corporation (DAC), [a] [1] is an organization managed in whole or in part by decentralized computer programs, with voting and finances handled through a decentralized ledger technology like a blockchain.
The DAO was a digital decentralized autonomous organization [5] and a form of investor-directed venture capital fund. [6] After launching in April 2016 via a token sale, it became one of the largest crowdfunding campaigns in history, [6] but it ceased activity after much of its funds - in the form of US$ exchanged for "Ether-crypto coins" - were taken in a hack in June 2016.
DAI (or DAI, formerly Sai or SAI) is a stablecoin token on the Ethereum blockchain which uses smart contracts designed to control supply to keep its value as close to one United States dollar as possible.
The Dash DAO later funded a blockchain research lab at ASU. [7] As of April 2018, Dash's market capitalization was around $4.3 billion and it was one of the top 12 cryptocurrencies. [8] As of February 2019, Dash was the most popular cryptocurrency in Venezuela according to Der Spiegel. [9]
A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or colloquially, crypto, is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.
The Build Finance DAO was a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), a venture based on blockchain technology. It was the subject of a 2022 hostile takeover by a member who amassed enough votes to pass a motion that allowed them to liquidate the DAO's cryptocurrency holdings and flood the market with new tokens.
Cardano is a public blockchain platform. It is open-source and decentralized, with consensus achieved using proof of stake.It can facilitate peer-to-peer transactions with its internal cryptocurrency, ADA.
A decentralised application (DApp, [1] dApp, [2] Dapp, or dapp) is an application that can operate autonomously, typically through the use of smart contracts, that run on a decentralized computing, blockchain or other distributed ledger system. [3]