Authors:
Poulami Mishra,Rituparna Bhattacharya,DOI NO:
https://doi.org/10.26782/jmcms.2026.06.00008Keywords:
Blockchain,Crypto-economics,Decentralized Autonomous Organizations,Decentralized Finance,Decentralized Governance,Distributed Ledger Technology,Smart Contracts,Trustless Collaboration,Abstract
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) manage by leveraging distributed ledger technology to capable unfaithful adjustment among members, allowing organizational regulations and operations to be executed autonomously through verifiable and tamper-resistant code.DAOs seek to encourage open and associate ecosystems in which members allocate resources, allocate capital, and build collective judgments transparently through predetermined, programmable governance mechanisms. This study observes the theoretical bases of DAOs, examines their possible real-world applications, and analyzes the importance of open-source improvement in advancing decentralized organizational models. Despite their innovative potential, DAOs encounter sufficient barriers such as suspicious regulatory frameworks, restrictions in governance mechanisms, and safety weaknesses arising from dependence on smart contract code. By integrating scholarly literature, real-world case analyses, and present actualizations, this paper provides an extensive perspective on the developed influence of DAOs within digital and financial ecosystems while identifying promising ways for ongoing research. Although DAOs remain extensively experimental, they reflect a potential purpose to review and redesign organizational combination, cooperation, and governance exercises appropriate to the claims of the digital era.Refference:
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