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The DAO

digital decentralized autonomous organization and a form of investor-directed venture capital fund
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The DAO

Summary

The DAO is a free software[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The DAO's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • The DAO's instance of is recorded as decentralized autonomous organization[4].
  • The DAO's logo image is recorded as The-dao-logo.png[5].
  • The DAO's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[6].
  • The DAO's programmed in is recorded as Solidity[7].
  • The DAO's industry is recorded as cryptocurrency[8].
  • +2016-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The DAO[9].
  • The DAO's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11cn8_3ynq[10].
  • The DAO's Quora topic ID is recorded as The-DAO[11].
  • The DAO's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[12].

Body

Founding

+2016-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The DAO[9].

Industry

The DAO's industry is recorded as cryptocurrency[8].

Why It Matters

The DAO ranks in the top 5% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

free software Solidity

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The DAO. Retrieved April 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dao
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-dao_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The DAO}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dao}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-08}}
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