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Arbitrum DAO: Forging a Shared Future through collective Visioning

Ethelo partnered with Arbitrum DAO to define its core values and strategic direction. Over 500 community members participated in a multi-stage process using Ethelo’s platform. Through a combination of community input and advanced analysis, the DAO developed a shared vision: “Ensure the Ethereum ecosystem is strong and cooperative,” and a mission: “Make crypto easy to use and catalyze decentralized innovation.”


The process achieved high consensus on key priorities like developer resources, security, and blockchain investment. This collaborative effort provided Arbitrum DAO with a robust strategic framework that aligns with community values and will guide its future decision-making and grant evaluations. This successful engagement demonstrates Ethelo’s ability to facilitate large-scale community consultations and build consensus within decentralized organizations.

500
participants

90% consensus
on vision

Overview

Ethelo partnered with Arbitrum DAO to develop and align the DAO’s vision, mission, and strategic priorities. This engagement aimed to create a cohesive framework to guide future decision-making and grant program evaluations.

Challenges

The primary challenges included engaging a diverse community, synthesizing a wide range of inputs into a unified framework, and ensuring broad consensus across different stakeholder groups.

Solution

Ethelo’s platform facilitated a multi-stage consultation process. The first stage focused on identifying core values and strategic priorities. The second stage involved crafting mission and vision statements based on community input. Ethelo’s advanced multi-attribute decision-making engine was used to analyze millions of scenarios and present the best-fit consensus outcomes.

Results

  • High Participation**: Engaged over 500 community members across multiple stages.
  • Strong Consensus**: Achieved high levels of agreement on key strategic priorities and values.
  • Actionable Framework**: Developed a clear and actionable strategic framework, including mission and vision statements with over 85% support and 90% consensus ratings.

Sentiment Analysis

The analysis revealed strong community support for the strategic framework:

  • Mission Statement: ‘Make crypto easy to use and catalyze decentralized innovation’ received 85% support and 90% consensus.
  • Vision Statement: ‘Ensure the Ethereum ecosystem is strong and cooperative’ received 84% support and 90% consensus.
  • Short-Term Priorities: ‘Developer resources’ and ‘security and auditability’ were the top priorities with over 82% support.
  • Long-Term Priorities: ‘Security and resilience’ and ‘blockchain investment’ were the top long-term priorities with over 81% support.

Impact

This engagement provided Arbitrum DAO with a robust strategic framework that aligns with community values and priorities. The clear mission and vision statements, along with defined strategic priorities, will guide the DAO’s future decision-making and grant evaluations.

Conclusion

Ethelo’s successful engagement with Arbitrum DAO highlights its capability to facilitate complex, large-scale community consultations. The process provided valuable insights and a strong foundation for the DAO’s strategic planning and governance.

“Ensure the Ethereum ecosystem is strong and cooperative,” and a mission: “Make crypto easy to use and catalyze decentralized innovation.”