How Does a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Structure Attempt to Mitigate Smart Contract Risk?

A DAO mitigates risk by decentralizing the governance of the smart contract system. Key parameters, or even the ability to upgrade the contract, are controlled by a collective vote of token holders, not a single entity.

This community oversight provides a mechanism to propose and approve patches for vulnerabilities, or to reverse catastrophic transactions, offering a limited 'human' layer of defense against permanent code flaws.

How Does a Decentralized Governance Vote Protect against Oracle Manipulation?
How Does Token-Based Voting Differ from Traditional Corporate Shareholder Voting?
How Do Token Voting Weight Schemes Attempt to Balance Large and Small Holder Influence?
Can an Oracle Be a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)?
How Can a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Execute a Rapid, Emergency Token Auction?
How Does a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Governance Model Potentially Mitigate This Control?
How Does a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Structure Help Prevent Rug Pulls?
How Does a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Govern a DeFi Derivatives Protocol?

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