**This is an open source, public good that attempts to document the historical development of DAOs to facilitate shared learning. These resources were created using 100% publicly available information. You may use the resources in the Archives in whatever way you wish, but please attribute any work using these resources to the Collective DAO Archives.**✨ ❤️

Public Research

• ⏰ Collective DAO Timelines - Created by [email protected]
• 📚 Collective DAO Library - Created by [email protected]
• 🗺️  Collective DAO Blueprints - Created by [email protected]
• 🔍 Collective DAO Catalogue - Created by Amy Jung; Built using the Collective DAO Timelines and Library, supported by a Foundation Mission Request ❤️

Optimism Governance Frameworks

DAO Design Principles

DAO Function Guidelines (aka The Pizza Framework)

🏛️ DAO Legitimacy Framework

DAO Decision Design Framework (Working Model)

🎯 Decentralization Milestones

🧩 System Design

Optimism Governance Overviews

• Protocol Upgrades
• Capital Allocation
• Original Vision

Presentations

• 💡Collective DAO Archives video and preso (ethDenver 2023)
• ⚖️ Bootstrapping bicameral governance (ethcc 2023)
• 🖌️ DAO Design Principles (ethDenver 2024)
• 💼 What Web3 Can Learn from Corporate Governance (ethDenver 2026)

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