Dan Wu: Orca Protocol. Making Sense of DAO Governance | Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3 #58

Dan runs Product at Orca Protocol. Orca Protocol makes governance accessible by creating tools around a DAO’s most basic primitive: people. Will and Dan met up at ETH Denver, and we catch up on Dan getting a photo with Andrew Yang, the evolution of DAO voting, how Orca protocol is helping drive meta-governance, the risks of token weighted voting, and Dan’s favorite articles.

Dan and Orca protocols links:

Dan’s twitter: @itsdanwuOrca’s publications: https://orca.mirror.xyzOrca’s website: https://www.orcaprotocol.orgOrca Protocol’s twitter: @OrcaProtocol

In this episode we discuss:

Before we get started, if you’re new to DAO’s, we like this article for explaining them:

https://future.a16z.com/building-and-running-a-dao-why-governance-matters/Getting a photo with Andrew Yang at ETH Denver: https://twitter.com/itsdanwu/status/1495100959864745987The ReOrg podcast: https://www.reorgpod.com/How to become a PM at a web3 company: Join the discord and just start speaking, listening, and contributingJohn and JulesSimilarities and differences b/w Web2 vs. Web3 PMWhere you speak to customersTech stackDAO characteristicsHow Orca protocol helps DAO’sThe stage / type of Web3 DAOs Orca is best forTypical pods that Dan sees implementedMeta-governance committeesGrants committeeHow voting typically works.Token-weighted voting governance attackshttps://twitter.com/justinsuntronThe evolution of voting from single votes to delegates to meta-governance daosFei protocol listing on index to get listed on AAVEhttps://snapshot.org/#/index-coop.eth/proposal/QmZa8WsStWo84iz1wGCsPzuM1TJTAi4DvsP2yvhu7669CZDAO set up basics and best practicesWorking agreementsThe Ready: https://theready.com/The Ready’s podcast: https://www.bravenewwork.com/podcastDan’s dream person to interview: Obama

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