DAO Movement Emergence and Early Governance Experiments (2016–2022)

1. The DAO launches 28‑day token sale

   Apr 30, 2016Labels: The DAO, Ethereum

   • The DAO

2. The DAO token sale concludes

   May 28, 2016Labels: The DAO, Token sale

   • The DAO

3. The DAO exploit drains funds

   Jun 17, 2016Labels: The DAO, Smart contract

   • Wired
   • The DAO

4. Ethereum hard fork executes DAO bailout

   Jul 20, 2016Labels: Ethereum, Hard fork

   • CoinDesk
   • GateHub

5. Ethereum network splits; Ethereum Classic persists

   Jul 20, 2016Labels: Ethereum Classic, Hard fork

   • Ethereum Classic
   • CoinDesk

6. Aragon conducts ANT public token sale

   May 17, 2017Labels: Aragon, ANT token

   • Aragon Docs
   • Aragon Medium

7. MolochDAO deployed with rage-quit design

   Feb 14, 2019Labels: MolochDAO, Ragequit

   • MolochDAO

8. Compound launches COMP governance token

   Apr 16, 2020Labels: Compound, COMP token

   • The Block
   • CoinDesk

9. Uniswap introduces UNI governance and treasury

   Sep 16, 2020Labels: Uniswap, UNI token

   • Uniswap Blog
   • CoinDesk

10. Juicebox Protocol V1 deployed

    Jul 15, 2021Labels: Juicebox, Treasury

    • Messari

11. ENS token airdrop snapshot for DAO governance

    Oct 31, 2021Labels: ENS, Airdrop

    • ENS Docs

12. ConstitutionDAO forms to bid at Sotheby’s

    Nov 1, 2021Labels: ConstitutionDAO, Sotheby s

    • ConstitutionDAO
    • CNBC

13. ENS governance token launches; ENS DAO begins

    Nov 8, 2021Labels: ENS, ENS DAO

    • ENS HackMD
    • ENS Docs

14. ConstitutionDAO loses Sotheby’s auction

    Nov 18, 2021Labels: ConstitutionDAO, Sotheby s

    • CNBC
    • ConstitutionDAO

15. ENS airdrop claim window closes

    May 4, 2022Labels: ENS, Airdrop

    • ENS HackMD