Vitalik Points Out Flaws in DAOs, Proposes Improvements Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs

2026/01/20 14:21 (Updated 2026/01/20 18:01)
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Vitalik Points Out Flaws in DAOs, Proposes Improvements Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Challenges in Privacy and Decision-Making

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, on the 19th, made a post on X proposing improvements to the structure of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).

Buterin noted that DAOs have come to refer to vaults managed by token holder voting. However, he criticized this design as inefficient, susceptible to takeovers, and far from achieving its goal of mitigating the weaknesses of human political dynamics.

A DAO refers to a decentralized organization that operates autonomously, abbreviated from 'Decentralized Autonomous Organization.' Unlike typical corporations...

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