The Blockchain Socialist Nepal, DAOs and Secret Voting with Aragon CEO Leuts.eth
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Sep 24, 2025 Lutz (Leuts.eth), CEO of Aragon, leads a DAO tooling protocol geared towards on-chain governance. In this discussion, he delves into the evolution of Aragon and its new private voting features. Lutz debates whether Nepal can be classified as a DAO, highlighting the risks of using Discord for national decisions. He also shares insights on facilitating secure voting through innovative technologies like homomorphic encryption. Lutz emphasizes that private voting can reduce coercion and herd behavior, promoting more genuine participation in governance.
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Modular On‑Chain Access Control
- Aragon provides modular access control so different stakeholders can govern different permissions.
- This lets organizations mix multisig, token voting, and identity-based controls without forking code.
Design Governance By Stakeholder Role
- Design governance around who understands each decision, not one-size-fits-all token votes.
- Give technical upgrades to developers and veto power to token holders for safety.
Avoiding Legacy DAO Lock‑In
- Aragon rebuilt its DAO framework to be modular to avoid projects being locked into unsafe legacy setups.
- Modularity enables safe upgrades and reduces the need to fork audited code.