Vitalik Buterin: DAOs need more refined design to enhance on-chain governance capabilities

2026-01-20 01:44:55

Source: DigitalToday Original Title: Vitalik Buterin, “A New DAO Design Considering On-Chain Disputes and Governance” Original Link: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently stated that decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) need to adopt a more refined design architecture, going beyond simple token voting structures to achieve stronger on-chain dispute resolution mechanisms and enhanced governance functions.

According to reports, Buterin believes that if DAOs are to improve existing corporate and political structures, they need to establish more complex and comprehensive systems.

Key points include:

DAOs should go beyond the simple token holder voting treasury model and need to address core infrastructure issues such as oracles, on-chain dispute resolution, and long-term project management
DAO design should support various application scenarios, including subjective dispute resolution like insurance claims, maintaining anti-fraud lists, and short-term funding support institutions
In projects involving oracle or governance system design, the workload ratio of DAO design to communication layer work should be increased to 50% of the overall effort

Buterin emphasizes that DAOs must establish a robust governance system to truly play their role in the Web3 ecosystem.

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