{"id":93828,"date":"2026-02-02T16:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93828"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:05:25","slug":"vitalik-buterin-proposes-merging-daos-and-prediction-markets-to-support-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-proposes-merging-daos-and-prediction-markets-to-support-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin Proposes Merging DAOs and Prediction Markets to Support Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/who-is-vitalik-buterin\">Vitalik Buterin<\/a> has introduced a novel model for incentivising content creators, based on a fusion of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-dao-decentralised-autonomous-organisation\">DAOs<\/a> and prediction market mechanics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How I would do creator coins<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen about 10 years of people trying to do content incentivization in crypto, from early-stage platforms like Bihu and Steemit, to BitClout in 2021, to Zora, to tipping features inside of decentralized social, and more. So far, I think we have\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2017956762347835488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The key difference between &#8216;creator incentivization&#8217; in the 2000s and today is that back then, the main issue was a lack of content per se. Now there&#8217;s an abundance of content, and AI can generate an entire <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-metaverse\"><em>metaverse<\/em><\/a><em> for about $10. The problem is quality. Therefore, your goal is not to incentivize creation, but to identify good content,&#8221; he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a solution, Buterin proposed a model where users issue tokens and apply to join thematic, curated DAOs. Members of such organisations would decide which materials to accept.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The model to follow is Protocol Guild: there are N members who can (anonymously) vote to admit new members and expel existing ones. If N exceeds ~200, consider automatic splitting,&#8221; the programmer explained.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This model incorporates prediction markets: participants place bets on which authors or content the system will approve. They act not as drivers of popularity but as &#8220;predictors&#8221; helping to discover talent.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Ethereum co-founder cited the platform Substack, which manually selects and supports authors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Their launch process was very involved: they deliberately invited quality creators to the platform, guided by a clear vision of the intellectual environment they wanted to create, even providing selected authors with guaranteed income,&#8221; he noted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After joining a DAO, the organisation can buy back and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-coin-burning-and-how-does-it-affect-prices\">burn<\/a> some of the content creator&#8217;s tokens. This would reduce the overall supply and create scarcity, potentially increasing the asset&#8217;s value. The rise in price would be a direct reward for the content creator.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A New On-Chain Mechanism<\/h2>\n<p>The community supported the concept but pointed out the complexity of implementation. Buterin countered, noting that future on-chain mechanisms will generally be built on a two-tier structure, separating responsibility for execution and preference formation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I actually don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s complicated.<\/p>\n<p>IMO the future of onchain mechanism design is mostly going to fit into one pattern:<\/p>\n<p>[something that looks like a prediction market] -> [something that looks like a capture-resistant, non-financialized preference-setting gadget]<\/p>\n<p>In other\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VutSyEI8Fd\">https:\/\/t.co\/VutSyEI8Fd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2018208031201190294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The programmer first highlighted the execution layer \u2014 an open structure resembling prediction markets. It maximises accountability: anyone can participate, correct decisions yield profits, and mistakes lead to losses.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin described the market as the best tool for creating &#8220;decentralised executive power&#8221; in a <span data-descr=\"without permissions and trust\" class=\"old_tooltip\">permissionless<\/span> environment. In some cases, this layer may be centralised but must allow for replacement.<\/p>\n<p>The second layer is the preference-setting layer, which is decentralised and capture-resistant. Its key aim is to create an environment driven by intrinsic motivation rather than financial gain.<\/p>\n<p>This level should not be token-oriented, as token holders do not represent a plurality of opinions, and coins can be bought up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-51-attack\">51% attack<\/a>. Voting should be anonymous and collusion-resistant (e.g., via MACI). The layer is responsible for forming preferences and evaluating the work of the execution layer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The clear separation into these two layers \u2014 (i) what performs execution, (ii) what sets preferences and judges the executor(s) \u2014 is the optimal approach,&#8221; Buterin emphasised.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in January, the Ethereum co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/vitalik-buterin-criticizes-current-daos-calls-for-reform\">criticised<\/a> existing DAOs and called for their reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced a novel model for incentivising content creators, based on a fusion of DAOs and prediction market mechanics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Vitalik Buterin proposes merging DAOs and prediction markets to support creators.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[80,1138,1595,200],"class_list":["post-93828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dao","tag-opinions","tag-prediction-markets","tag-vitalik-buterin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"176","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Vitalik Buterin proposes merging DAOs and prediction markets to support creators.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93830,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93828\/revisions\/93830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}