Security Council
Compound DAO: DeFi's Governance Pioneer and the Security Council Revolution
Compound did not merely create a DeFi lending protocol — it created the governance infrastructure that the entire DeFi industry copied. Governor Bravo, the delegation model, and the on-chain execution framework that Compound pioneered are now the backbone of protocols governing trillions in assets. Then, in 2024, Compound became the victim of the industry's most significant governance attack — and its response may be equally as influential as its original contributions.
DAO Governance Models Compared: Token Voting, Optimism's Bicameral Model, and Security Councils
There is no universally optimal DAO governance model. The right architecture depends on protocol stage, community size, treasury scale, and security requirements. But there are clearly wrong models — and the governance attacks, voter apathy crises, and plutocracy complaints of 2022-2025 have clarified what failure looks like. This comparison maps the full governance architecture landscape.
Arbitrum DAO: The Largest Layer 2 Governance Experiment and Its Swiss Connections
Arbitrum DAO controls one of the largest decentralised treasuries in the world — over $3.5 billion in ARB tokens — and governs the most-used Ethereum Layer 2 network. Its first major governance test, the AIP-1 controversy of 2023, defined what community sovereignty actually means in a post-airdrop DAO.