Giveth and Aragon are joining to create a decentralized organization structure by fusing transparent, independent governance and altruistic purpose.
On August 9, Aragon One and Giveth[1], two blockchain enterprises aiming to revolutionize organizational structure through blockchain technology, announced a joint project to develop the Aragon stack.
Aragon[2] is a project aiming to decentralize and revolutionize organizational structures using blockchain. The Aragon Foundation is a non-profit entity, which will oversee the project's development. Aragon One, the group teaming up with Giveth, is the only other group currently working on developing the Aragon project, and is a for-profit company comprised of Aragon's foundational team.
While the "for-profit" part might raise some red flags, Aragon One is straight-forward about this fact and states it plainly on the front page[3] of its website. Apparently[4], the foundational team wanted to decentralize Aragon's development process and separate the non-profit oversight entity from the companies and teams working on development.
It is early yet, but the collaboration is a step toward building enough participation to create a decentralized network of development teams.
Giveth – most well-known for its Ethereum Dapp, built to allow transparency and accountability between charitable organizations and donors – considers itself a decentralized altruistic community (DAC). It's Giveth's mission to harness blockchain for altruistic purposes.
In many ways, the groups are a natural fit; the most notable differences in message seem to be rhetorical. Giveth embodies a feel-good, friendly, upbeat image. It calls community members "unicorns," and bright, cheerful imagery decorates its webpage: flowers, bangles, sunshine and woven friendship bracelets. Aragon's mascot is an eagle, and its advertising[5] has more of a Matrix vibe, with suspenseful music, high contrast, and shadows: it has a more explicitly anti-establishment feel.
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