Jack of all metaverse-trades Chase Chapman discusses her experience working for DAOs, how DAO tooling and governance can improve, and drops a hot take about Discord. Chase brings a unique perspective to Unchained as a co-founder and advisor at Decentology, host of On the Other Side podcast, and active DAO contributor at Orca, Index Coop, and Rabbit Hole. Show topics:

  • how Chase got into crypto
  • new avenues for bringing more women into crypto
  • how DAOs change the nature of work
  • how Chase gets paid – and why her accountants might start ducking her calls
  • why Chase is passionate about DAOs having a core set of values
  • why Chase thinks terms like “permissionless” and “decentralized” should not be used to describe DAOs
  • what DAOs can learn from corporate structures
  • why Chase is coming around to the idea that DAOs might not need a single HR department
  • how DAOs are dealing with inactive whale token holders versus DAO contributors (who own smaller amounts of token)
  • what suggestions Chase has for some of the recent big DAO controversies involving Ethereum Name Service and SushiSwap
  • the role of anonymity in DAOs
  • which DAO tools Chase is impressed with and what SnapShot has in common with Wikipedia
  • why Discord is not that bad for DAO management
  • how Chase envisions DAOs and NFTs intersecting in the future
  • what DAO trends Chase is looking forward to in the coming months

Sponsors

Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021

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Cross River Bank: https://crossriver.com/crypto

Episode Links

Chase Chapman

  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman
  • Jobs
    • Decentology: https://www.decentology.com/
    • On the Other Side: https://www.othersidepod.xyz/
    • Index Coop: ​​https://twitter.com/indexcoop
    • Orca Protocol: https://twitter.com/OrcaProtocol
    • RabbitHole: https://twitter.com/rabbithole_gg

Interesting tweets/blogs/podcasts from Chase on DAOs

  • https://twitter.com/chaserchapman/status/1460257486888448003
  • https://twitter.com/chaserchapman/status/1500136746301992961
  • https://mirror.xyz/chappy.eth/Rw4sMBofUrVGj3QjzErkWkP9UNP1JYhcyX7CLOwgUD4
  • https://twitter.com/chaserchapman/status/1483124528679211022
  • ​​https://twitter.com/chaserchapman/status/1494359483958636550
  • https://twitter.com/chaserchapman/status/1491856996819247111
  • https://twitter.com/chaserchapman/status/1492210731789520897

Miscellaneous Mentions

  • she256: https://twitter.com/she_256
  • Snapshot: https://twitter.com/SnapshotLabs
  • Brantly Millegan is staying at ENS Foundation: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/03/07/brantly-millegan-remains-a-director-of-ens-foundation-after-failed-attempt-to-boot-him/
  • SushiSwap leadership drama: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/08/sushi-cto-joseph-delong-resigns-after-reports-of-project-infighting/
  • Wonderland drama: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/131931/avalanche-defi-wonderland-time-0xsifu-quadrigacx-patryn
  • Coordinape: https://coordinape.com/