The On-Chain and Off-Chain Mechanisms of DAO-to-DAO Voting
arXiv:2603.00708v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Voting is the primary mechanism through which Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO) reach decisions. Although transparent, the voting process can be complex: it can involve many interacting smart contracts. The nexus of the decision-making process can be relocated and the true voter demographic obfuscated. Furthermore, DAOs can govern other DAOs — metagovernance. We present a method for identifying DAO-to-DAO metagovernance on the Ethereum blockchain. We focus on the links between DAOs and token contracts. […]