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DarkFi DAO — untraceable? 🕵‍♂

Amir Taaki, one of the most renowned Bitcoin developers and a key figure of the cypherpunk movement, has introduced the world’s first fully anonymous DAO. He built it together with the DarkFi team (a group developing privacy-focused tools for online communities) 🤫

The idea is simple but radical: every DAO action should look like random data that can’t be linked to any organization. In such a system, everything is hidden — payments and their amounts, token holders, proposal initiators, vote counts, even treasury data. On-chain it looks like chaos, but within the DAO, the usual governance logic continues to function 🗳

According to Taaki, this isn’t just a technical feature but a return to the roots. He believes modern DAOs have lost their original meaning: governance concentrates in the hands of big holders, while processes become overly public and vulnerable to pressure. An anonymous DAO, he argues, breaks this pattern, allowing communities to operate freely and without external control, especially under repressive regimes 🤫

The crypto community’s reaction was mixed. Some saw it as a continuation of classic cypherpunk philosophy and a step toward a new level of DAO evolution. Others were skeptical, saying full anonymity makes the project impractical and risky. Yet everyone agreed on one thing: if the idea survives and evolves, it could redefine what decentralized organizations truly mean 🤝

🥴: transfers to a bank card, tracking in Excel sheets, screenshotting receipts

😎: automated on-chain fundraising, clean and transparent, money flows in by itself

Crowdfunding in the XDAO app on TON. Coming soon!

Scroll DAO: “ideal” decentralization meets reality ⚖

Scroll DAO was originally built on the textbook model: power in the hands of tokenholders and their delegates, debates on forums, proposals put to a vote, and the treasury distributed whenever ideas came in. On paper, it looked like a perfect example of decentralization

In practice, it didn’t work that way. Hardly anyone showed up to vote, delegates often failed to act or pulled decisions in their own favor, and processes dragged on for months, slowing down the network itself. What was meant to be a showcase of “pure DAO” ended up as a bottleneck ⚙

In September the team announced a restructuring. An Execution Council will now handle operational decisions, with a Scroll Foundation above it holding veto power on key issues. Treasury distribution will shift to fixed cycles — every 6 to 12 months — to enforce discipline. And by January 2026, a new DAO “constitution” will be put to a vote 📖

Some in the community see this as a step back and a move toward centralization. But the team’s reasoning is simple: the old model wasn’t working. The real lesson here is that there’s no universal formula for DAO governance. It’s not about following the “ideal textbook,” but about finding a structure that actually works for the project and its community 👨‍💻

Important! Beware of scam clones of XDAO official resources ⚠️

In recent weeks, fake copies of chats and bots posing as XDAO’s official resources have been popping up more often. They promise giveaways, bonuses for deposits, and ask you to connect your wallets — all of this is fraud. To protect yourself, block the option of being added to groups without your consent in your Telegram settings ❌

✅ Official chat for the English-speaking community:
https://t.me/xdao_eng

✅ Official XDAO bot:
https://t.me/xdao_ton_bot

Stay alert:
— we never ask you to make deposits through “new bots”
— we don’t run giveaways that require you to send funds
— all announcements are published only in official channels

Protect your assets and always double-check links! 🙏

Netflix on smart contracts or an attempt to resurrect a dead brand 🎬

In December 2021, a plan went viral on crypto Twitter: “Let’s buy Blockbuster and turn it into the first decentralized streaming service”

Blockbuster was once a giant of video rentals with thousands of stores worldwide. But the digital era and Netflix killed the brand, leaving the rights in the hands of Dish Network 😦

The community set out to raise $5M through the $BLKBSTER token to acquire the trademark. The goal wasn’t just to revive a brand, but to build a “decentralized Netflix” — a DAO that decides which films to fund, how to split revenue, and what content gets on the platform 🤑

Writer Ben Mezrich (author of The Social Network, the book behind the Facebook movie) joined the hype, calling BlockbusterDAO “the perfect Web3 story”. That sent interest soaring: within weeks, more than 40,000 people had joined the Discord 🌐

Dish Network, however, refused to even discuss selling the brand. BlockbusterDAO never materialized, but it went down in history as another example of DAOs rallying people around wild ideas — from buying the U.S. Constitution to reviving Blockbuster! 🏵

Following crypto news? DEXs are exploding one after another 💥

ASTER and others prove the market no longer wants to trust centralized structures with their money

At first, people didn’t believe in DEXs: why bother if you’ve got familiar exchanges? Today the market finally realized that decentralization is the future of trading 📊

But trading is only the beginning. The next step will be shared ownership and governance of assets. In the same way, everyone will come to see the value of DAOs — doing with capital what DEXs did with trading 🚀

Weak or strong aura?

Friends With Benefits: a DAO as an exclusive cultural club ✨

Not what you might think. FWB is called “the most stylish DAO in crypto”. It’s not about investments or staking. It’s about art, music, and parties. Their mission is to build cultural and technical infrastructure for digital communities through creative experimentation, collective coordination, and new ways of belonging in the digital space 🎨

Getting in isn’t as simple as buying a token. You have to pass a selection process and prove you’re ready to contribute — with creativity, expertise, or ideas. At its peak, full access required holding 75 $FWB (worth around $10,000 at the time). That created an exclusivity level comparable to private clubs like Soho House — but on the blockchain 🎭

Why do people join?

— Offline events: parties at Art Basel, summits in New York and LA
— An online hub to discuss trends in culture, media, and Web3
— Opportunities to launch projects together: from magazines to brand collabs
— Access to the DAO’s “cultural capital”: connections with artists, musicians, investors

Unlike most DAOs where tokens = treasury power, in FWB tokens = social capital first and foremost 🎭

Have you? 👨‍💻

AI in DAO governance: MakerDAO’s bold experiment 🤖

The original idea behind DAOs was that they would be as automated as possible

Recently, one of the largest and most recognized DAOs in crypto launched an ambitious experiment: building an organization that could eventually be governed by AI ✈

A group of contributors is rewriting the MakerDAO “constitution” to give AI enough context to make reliable inferences and evaluate proposals. Not “understand” in the human sense — but operate with enough information to flag issues and suggest actions

The goal is to create GAIT (Governance AI Tool) that can:
— detect malicious proposals 🔍
— track when someone acts against the DAO’s interests ❌

Yes, it may sound dystopian. But humans in governance also make mistakes — or worse, act in bad faith. AI won’t be given control right away; it will be tested repeatedly until it proves reliable ☝️

The project is still in its early days, with no deadlines. But it’s a fascinating step toward the automation that DAOs were originally meant to embody

Three formats of DAO partnerships 🤝

DAOs can collaborate not only with companies or funds but also with each other. There are three main models:

1⃣ Token exchange
DAOs exchange their tokens and add them to their treasuries. This way, they become invested in each other’s success and build long-term relationships

2⃣ Joint programs and grants
DAOs pool their budgets to support shared initiatives — from hackathons to research. This scales impact while lowering costs for each participant

3⃣ Cross-DAO services
One DAO can provide services to another — for example, analytics, auditing, or marketing. Essentially, DAOs can act as on-chain “contractors”

Take note: these partnerships show that DAOs don’t have to compete — they can strengthen one another. Instead of “every man for himself,” a new economic model is forming where decentralized communities exchange resources, services, and trust 🫂

Two days ago, the XDAO team attended FUTURUM Georgia — one of the most exciting events at the intersection of crypto and iGaming ⚡

Our co-founder was a speaker on the All In: Crypto x iGaming panel. The discussion turned out to be truly powerful: new ideas, live debates, and a fresh perspective on how DAOs are transforming business and Web3. Zurab was even lucky enough to win a unique artifact from the organizers at the end of the event 🖼😄

Big thanks to the FUTURUM team — the event was top-notch! 🤜

A very insightful post from one of the crypto influencers on X (Twitter) 👆🏼

XDAO x STON.fi: on-chain swaps inside your DAO ↔️

Now your DAOs can not only store and distribute assets, but also swap tokens directly from the DAO treasury without leaving the XDAO app!

Thanks to STON.fi and its liquidity aggregation protocol Omniston, your DAO always has access to live token prices and optimal swap routes 📊

How does it work?

1. Create a “Swap DAO Funds (STON.fi)” proposal (e.g., USDT → TON)
2. Members of your DAO vote
3. If quorum is reached, the transaction is automatically executed on behalf of the DAO wallet

Which tokens are supported?

All assets on the TON network. The availability of a pair depends on its listing on STON.fi and the liquidity provided 🪙

Why is it transparent and secure?

💰 Funds are always stored in the DAO wallet
🗳 Every action goes through member voting
🔎 Each transaction is publicly visible in TON explorers

Store, manage, and swap assets in just a few clicks — all inside the XDAO app!