Decentralised autonomous organisations like Uniswap challenge existing governance theory by distributing authority across pseudonymous wallet addresses, smart contracts, and informal deliberative spaces simultaneously.
This dissertation develops a nodal governance framework to analyse how power flows between these layers — and whether the formal on-chain vote represents the true locus of decision-making, or merely ratifies choices made elsewhere.
The dataset spans September 2020 (UNI token launch) through December 2025, covering all substantive governance activity including the Uniswap Foundation formation, V3 and V4 deployments, and the recurring fee switch debate.