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DAO is the | A '''decentralized autonomous organization''' ('''DAO'''), sometimes called a '''decentralized autonomous corporation''' ('''DAC'''), is an organization represented by rules encoded as a computer program that is transparent, controlled by the organization members and not influenced by a central government, in other words they are member-owned communities without centralized leadership. A DAO's financial transaction record and program rules are maintained on a [[blockchain]]. The precise legal status of this type of business organization is unclear. | ||
A well-known example, intended for venture capital funding, was [[The DAO]], which amassed $150 million in crowdfunding in May 2016, and was hacked and drained of US$50 million in cryptocurrency weeks later. The hack was reversed in the following weeks, and the money restored, via a hard fork of the [[Ethereum]] blockchain. Most [[Ethereum]] miners and clients switched to the new fork while the original chain became [[Ethereum Classic]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organization</ref> | |||