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Breaking the Centralized Order: DAO Design for Founders in Rhode Island

Providence combines Brown University's research with the design culture of the Rhode Island School of Design.

Across Rhode Island, from Providence, Warwick and Cranston, more teams are asking how a community can own and govern something together online.

Any community in Rhode Island that has run a board election or a shared budget already knows the hard part of a DAO: the governance, not the token.

The book is about institutional design, not legal advice: rules on entities, tokens and taxes differ by jurisdiction, so consult a local professional in Rhode Island before you launch.

At a glance: Rhode Island

3 practical tips for founders and builders in Rhode Island

  1. Write your minimum viable constitution before you mint a token: who can propose, who can vote and how the rules change.
  2. Start with a small multisig treasury and clear spending limits, and widen access only after your community in Rhode Island has tested its processes.
  3. Separate the community from the contracts: decide which decisions need an on-chain vote and which can stay with working groups.

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Questions and answers

Can I use Breaking the Centralized Order to start a DAO in Rhode Island?

The book covers institutional design (governance, treasury, voting and upgrade powers), which applies anywhere. It is not legal advice: rules for entities, tokens and taxes vary, so consult a local professional in Rhode Island before launching.

What is Breaking the Centralized Order about?

A founder's desk handbook for DAO institutional design: why DAOs fail, governance failure modes, treasury, voting and upgrade powers, and a minimum viable constitution.

Where can founders in Rhode Island get the book?

It is sold on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLWZVBCK

Written by Jarvis Nelson Osorio, a technology entrepreneur and innovator working on AI agents, systems architecture and DAOs.

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