Crypto Governance Is an Institutional Design Problem: Notes From Jarvis Nelson Osorio
Jarvis Nelson OsorioMost crypto projects that call themselves decentralized are governed by a small group with a token vote layered on top. That is not a code failure; it is an institutional design failure.
Breaking the Centralized Order, by Jarvis Nelson Osorio, is a founder's desk handbook for designing DAOs as institutions: who holds which powers, how disputes are resolved, how authority is checked, and how the system survives its founders.
Key design questions: Who can change the rules? What happens when a vote is captured? Where does accountability live off-chain? What is the exit path for minorities?
If your DAO cannot answer these, token voting will not save it.