The Legal Challenges of Decentralized Organizations

Aaron Wright is a professor at Cardozo Law School and Co-founder of OpenLaw. Before this he was a successful entrepreneur, having sold his first company to Wikia - the for-profit version of Wikipedia. Today Aaron is a renowned thought-leader in the blockchain space at the forefront of DAOs. Last year OpenLaw launched The LAO, a DAO on Ethereum for investors looking to earn returns on Ethereum-based projects.

Aaron joins us to share his expert legal knowledge on all things DAO, and discuss his latest projects the LAO and Flamingo DAO.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Aaron's background and how he got into blockchain and the DAO space
• The early vision for DAOs
• Stakeholder participation in DAOs
• Wrapped and unwrapped DAOs
• Proxy voting on DAOs
• Governance mechanisms
• The multi-token model
• How DAOs are characterized under law and the legislation surrounding them
• The Wyoming Blockchain Bill
• The different categories of DAOs
• Where does Aaron see the DAO ecosystem headed in the future

Episode links:

• OpenLaw website
• The LAO
• Mike Hearn: Autonomous agents, self driving cars and Bitcoin
• Aaron's book - Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code
• OpenLaw on Twitter
• The LAO on Twitter
• Aaron on Twitter

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This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/376