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The DAO close to $100m in funding. Soon to be the largest crowdfunding ever

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Re: The DAO close to $100m in funding. Soon to be the largest crowdfunding ever

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Anyone who can explain what this is, much appreciated. Judging from comments here I'm far from the only one without a clue despite reading the page.

I think DAO is a complicated abstraction layer over blockchain protocol, meaning that when you get hacked you don't know how much money you actually lost.

Re: The DAO close to $100m in funding. Soon to be the largest crowdfunding ever

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Ok, I have read the page at https://daohub.org/ and I still don't know what "the DAO" is? Is it a blockchain-centred crowdfunding platform?

This looks to me like something on the order of convertible warrants based initially on bitcoin/Ethereum, which convert to DAO tokens. DAO tokens appear to be some sort of collective ownership of "crypto assets" whatever THAT means. The website reminds me of a horse with peanut butter in his mouth -- his lips are moving but not much is being said...
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