Daniel, also known as Polkadot Agent, is an active community member and agent. He works as a lawyer for the Czech Digital and Information Agency, focusing on AI, interoperability, data, EUDIW, and DLT. Daniel is planning to pitch for Czechia's membership in the Europeum-EDIC, a body focused on blockchain use in public services. He aims to introduce Polkadot Cloud and Hub in Czechia.
Daniel is also pursuing a doctorate at University Palackého in Olomouc, researching how Web3 will influence the role of nation-states in the information age. His long-term goal, within two years, is to create an EU-compliant open-source framework for building Polkadot native mobile applications using the Pluto Framework.
He plans to form a DAO called Bohemia Fam, which he has been working on for almost three years on Solana. Daniel aims to use it as a bridge between Solana and Polkadot, focusing on Prague and its independent entrepreneurs and businesses.
Daniel is offering 500 DOT for onboarding people into the DAO, with 5 DOT per open account. He will work with the Polkadot Roots initiative to monitor the spending of these DOTs. He also seeks 500 DOT as a reward for his ongoing contributions and initial funding for his university research.
Daniel is associated with the Deruged NFT Collection, which has a strong identity and is run by community members with web3 experience. The collection tells the story of their derug during the FTX crash and is now managed by a few strong community members. The artwork is created by artist Gringograss, who is also working on the females.
Requesting treasury funds to establish additional DAOs sets a problematic precedent.
DAOs, in principle, contradict their intended purpose of decentralizing governance by often consolidating voting power among a few dominant groups. Their current existence stems from unresolved issues like identity verification and uncapped voting per wallet. Once these challenges are addressed, DAOs will likely become obsolete—or at least should—since they’re more of a temporary patch preventing treasury exploitation by bad actors rather than a solution to the root problem.
Increasing the number of DAOs introduces greater complexity and discourages broader participation in OpenGov. For users outside DAOs, the cost of transaction fees becomes harder to justify when their individual votes hold minimal influence.
Furthermore, most existing DAOs tend to operate as echo chambers, reacting impulsively to public sentiment or the preferences of one or two influential figures. While some might argue otherwise, this pattern is evident from even brief observations in the Discord channels of various DAOs.