The Secret To Making DAOs Work w/ 0xJustice
Decentralization vs efficiency and the Quadratic Accelerator
In this episode of NextMeta, we interviewed 0xJustice from the Polygon governance team about DAO design, organizational efficiency, team topologies and a new tokenization mechanism - the Quadratic Accelerator.
0xJustice shares his journey from IT, team management and org design, to getting hyped about DAOs. As opposed to most DAOists, he is less interested in governance and decentralization - what drew him to DAOs is the idea that they are programmable organizations, which can be made more effective than current day corps.
Topics discussed
0xJustice's background in IT and transition to Web3
Efficient DAO design principles
Team topologies and organizational structure
The Quadratic Accelerator (q/acc) project
Bonding curves and project tokenization
Modern Monetary Theory and its relevance to crypto
Polygon governance and upcoming initiatives
He emphasizes the importance of streamlining teams and eliminating handoffs to increase efficiency and ownership. He also discusses the concept of team topologies and the need for programmable org design in DAOs. He concludes by mentioning the governance hub on Polygon and the use of governance legos to create flexible and adaptable governance structures.
"It's the programmability that is interesting to me."
In this conversation, peth and 0xJustice discuss Boundaryless, a consultancy media brand that produces research and certification programs on platformification and team topologies - building DAOs since before DAOs.
"If you're not the platform, you're unconsciously operating on someone else's platform."
They also delve into the Quadratic Accelerator (q/acc), a collaboration between Giveth and Polygon that aims to tokenize projects and create a better way to do grants. They explore the concept of token economics, inflation, and the challenges of driving value to tokens.
"The point of DAOs is not governance, that's kind of a side effect... The game is like, what's the mechanism? What's the value accrual mechanism?"
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction to Justice and his unique perspective on DAOs
03:47 - Justice's background and interest in scaling organizations
07:03 - The challenges of organizing DAOs and the need for efficient design
10:03 - The importance of team topologies and adaptable org charts
23:16 - The balance between protocols and useful applications in crypto
25:24 - The power of governance legos
26:39 - Exploring the Potential of DAOs
28:30 - Boundaryless Organizations and Web3 Awareness
29:59 - The Catalyst for Navigation
36:42 - WTF is q/acc?
52:51 - Recommendations and Closing Thoughts