> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://square1-hello.gitbook.io/square-1/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://square1-hello.gitbook.io/square-1/decentralized-autonomous-organizations/spectrum-of-decentralized-organizations/dao-resources.md).

# DAO Links

## Decentralized Governance Literature

{% embed url="<https://www.onthecommons.org/magazine/elinor-ostroms-8-principles-managing-commmons>" %}
Elinor Ostrom pioneered economic solutions to the tragedy of the commons.
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/>" %}
a post analyzing the tragedy of the commons&#x20;
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm>" %}
an argument challenging decentralized governance in practice
{% endembed %}

## DAO Literature

{% embed url="<https://stanford-jblp.pubpub.org/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://t.co/as8Gh4mwXa?amp=1>" %}

{% embed url="<https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bootstrapping-a-decentralized-autonomous-corporation-part-i-1379644274>" %}
one of the original conceptions of this technology
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/05/06/daos-dacs-das-and-more-an-incomplete-terminology-guide/>" %}
another musing by Vitalik on various economic structures
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://medium.com/@FEhrsam/blockchain-governance-programming-our-future-c3bfe30f2d74>" %}
a post on why governance matters
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<http://kronosapiens.github.io/blog/2019/06/16/aragon-daostack-colony-moloch.html>" %}
a description of various on-chain frameworks for DAOs
{% endembed %}

## Databases

{% embed url="<https://github.com/thelastjosh/govbase>" %}
a database of DAOs, online communities, and products
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://github.com/Workbench-Build/workbook/blob/main/docs/design.md>" %}