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The Beauty of Futarchy

Solana's MetaDAO proves futarchy can give token holders and traders real power and accountability.
The Beauty of Futarchy
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Over the past week, Solana's community has rallied around MetaDAO, the flagship futarchy platform demonstrating what happens when you let markets decide governance proposals.

While MetaDAO may be new to some, the project’s been proving out futarchy (few-tar-key) for a few years now — a governance model where prediction markets evaluate whether proposals will be "+EV" (positive expected value) for an organization.

Futarchy predates crypto, but recent excitement around prediction markets and ongoing debates about token launch design have sparked renewed interest. Add in MetaDAO's standout price action, and suddenly everyone's paying attention.

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David Christopher

Written by David Christopher

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David is a writer/analyst at Bankless. Prior to joining Bankless, he worked for a series of early-stage crypto startups and on grants from the Ethereum, Solana, and Urbit Foundations. He graduated from Skidmore College in New York. He currently lives in the Midwest and enjoys NFTs, but no longer participates in them.

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