Vitalik Buterin Pitches Curated Creator DAOs as Dogecoin Co‑Founder Dismisses the Idea
The Ethereum co‑founder outlines a quality‑first governance model that relies on prediction‑style tokens and curated membership.
Overview
- Buterin’s Feb. 1 proposal shifts creator tokens toward curated DAOs that prioritize content quality over open speculation.
- He sketches Protocol Guild–inspired mechanics with fixed membership, anonymous voting, specialization by medium, and automatic splits once groups exceed 200 members.
- The model treats creator coins as prediction markets where traders bet on DAO admissions and accepted creators burn their tokens.
- Buterin criticizes platforms like BitClout and Zora for rewarding celebrity status and points to Substack’s hands‑on seeding as a quality benchmark.
- Dogecoin co‑founder Billy Markus rejects the concept as inherently flawed, calling most creator coins “dead tokens,” and debate remains at the proposal stage with no implementation announced.