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# What Is A DAO?

A DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation) is similar to a co-op (Cooperative Business), in where a community comes together to achieve a shared mission. 

DAO’s aim to eliminate the need, and greed, of a traditional hierarchical business. 

The simplest way of thinking about DAO’s, is an internet community sharing common interests, coming together to achieve a shared mission. 

The use of a DAO allows for football fans to band together and use our shared resources to disrupt an exploitive system