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== Conceptual overview == [[wikipedia:Decentralization|Decentralized]] means the opposite of centralized. An ideal centralized organization has a completed pyramidal-hierarchical power structure with a single ruler on top (Figure 1a) which dictates authority, distinguishing those above from those below. Perfect decentralization would be absolutely flat (Figure 1b). Imagine a radical direct democracy, where every decision is made with consensus by the entire membership, without fixed roles of authority. {| |+ |[[File:CentralizedHierarchyGraph.png|Centralized|right|196x196px]] |[[File:DecentralizedGraph.png|Decentralized|right|196x196px]] |} ''<small>Figure 1: Centralized vs decentralized – hierarchical vs. flat power</small>'' Autonomous means the group [[Governance|governs]] itself. A DAO is not subject to direct control from outside the group. A DAO being an organization, means it consists of a coherent collection of members. Coherent means its members cooperate toward a common socio-economic goal. They follow a common set of protocols designed to serve their common [[Transcendental values|values]]. The term for the technology that enables decentralized organization is [[wikipedia:Peer-to-peer|peer-to-peer technology]]. P2P tech (see ''Main Article: [[P2P technology]]'') consists primarily of the internet, zero-knowledge proofs (including [[wikipedia:Public-key_cryptography|public-key]] digital signatures), [[wikipedia:Hash_function|hash functions]] (a universal tool for organizing data and error-correcting), and the software architecture of [[wikipedia:Blockchain|blockchains]] and [[wikipedia:Distributed_hash_table|distributed hash tables]]. DGF can be applied to build any type of DAO, but the primary concern of the DGF project is to create the governance structure for the most difficult type to build—a profit-centered, open-source, democratically-governed network which is open to pseudonymous, international members—''primary DAOs''.
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