# Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - A Decentralized Autonomous [[Organizations|Organization]] is a mechanism that enables online communities to form and coordinate economically. - DAOs make it possible for an online group with members from anywhere in the world to pool capital and hard-code rules — entirely in software — for how that capital will be managed and deployed. Those rules are then enforced by the underlying blockchain. ## Resources - [A beginner's guide to DAOs](https://linda.mirror.xyz/Vh8K4leCGEO06_qSGx-vS5lvgUqhqkCz9ut81WwCP2o). - [Everything you need to know about DAOs](https://foundation.app/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-daos). - [The Handbook of Handbooks for Decentralized Organizing](https://hackmd.io/@yHk1snI9T9SNpiFu2o17oA/Skh_dXNbE?type=view). - [Resources For Decentralized Organizing](https://commonslibrary.org/resources-for-decentralised-organising/). Also [summarized in slides](https://geo.coop/sites/default/files/patterns_of_decentralized_organizing.pdf). ### Tools - [DAO Tool List](https://messari.io/governor/tools). - [Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/). - [SourceCred](https://sourcecred.io/docs). - [DaoHaus](https://daohaus.club/). - [CoordinApe](https://coordinape.com/). - [GitCoin](https://gitcoin.co/).