Why Every DAO Treasury Turns Into a Honeypot: Uneasy Money

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A treasury that just sits there does not stay neutral for long. Nick Johnson explains why a large, unallocated pot of money turns any DAO into a magnet for people chasing funding rather than protecting the protocol, and why he now thinks DAOs are structurally bad at capital allocation. Hosts: Kain Warwick - Host of Uneasy Money and Founder of Infinex and Synthetix - https://x.com/kaiynne Taylor Monahan - Co-host of Uneasy Money and Security Expert - https://x.com/tayvano_ Guests: Nick Johnson - Founder and CEO of ENS Labs - https://x.com/nicksdjohnson Alex Van de Sande - Cofounder of ENS - https://x.com/avsa This clip is from a longer conversation on the ENS DAO's governance and treasury fight. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/aHIRDRRhMjU We go live every Wednesday - subscribe to catch it live. Sponsor: Cape: Your biggest crypto vulnerability isn't your wallet, it's your phone number. Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier that rotates your SIM identity daily and blocks SIM swaps before they happen. Get 33% off your first six months at https://cape.co/unchained (use code: UNCHAINED). Chapters 🗳️ 00:00 Nick on why delegation keeps declining as his own token share shrinks 🍯 00:24 Nick on why the ENS treasury became a honeypot 🤔 01:24 Kain admits he never expected DAOs to become capital allocation fights 🏛️ 02:25 Nick explains the two problems ENS's DAO was actually built to solve 📋 04:22 Nick on why DAOs are worse than foundations at allocating funds 💸 07:36 Avsa argues that token voting tends to fund duplicate projects that mostly die 🔗 08:38 Taylor and Nick revisit the NameChain regret 🏢 11:19 Kain on why public infrastructure like ENS can't just be a company _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! Website → https://unchainedcrypto.com Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!