HumanDAO: No VC, Community-Driven, Play-to-Earn for the People
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HumanDAO: No VC, Community-Driven, Play-to-Earn for the People
In some regions of the world, over 2 billion people live on less than $5 a day. HumanDAO aims to create job opportunities in the crypto world for impoverished communities in need, such as play-to-earn gaming, while generating significant income streams for both communities and investors.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsWhile the entire WEB3.0 narrative revolves around "decentralization," "bottom-up" development, and DAOs, beneath the surface, the same old story repeats: 99% of token issuances are backed or driven by VCs who capture most of the profits. From a legitimacy standpoint, this aligns with traditional business rules—but we still hope for new changes, for truly community-driven WEB3.0 projects.
For example, HumanDAO, By human, For the world.
What is HumanDAO?
HumanDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), which can be understood as a gaming guild DAO similar to YGG.
HumanDAO has a clear mission: to improve livelihoods in developing countries through cryptocurrency.
Over 2 billion people worldwide live on less than $5 per day. HumanDAO aims to create job opportunities in the crypto space for underserved communities—such as learning play-to-earn (P2E) gaming—while generating significant income for both communities and investors.
In HumDAO, the platform securely connects asset holders with those without assets, achieving a win-win outcome: investors who hold digital gaming assets can rent them out and earn passive returns via the DAO, while players from emerging economies can use these assets to generate income.
In just nine weeks, HumanDAO grew from 20 members to over 16,000, providing more than 100 digital assets to gamers, enabling them to earn a livable wage from P2E games and generating revenue for the DAO.
DAO Structure
HumanDAO primarily uses Aragon’s subDAO (subordinate DAO) model.
Each subDAO represents a game such as Axie Infinity or other P2E titles. Different strategies will be employed within each subDAO to maximize return on investment.
In terms of governance, HumanDAO adopts the Super Guild (SG) approach rather than the Guild-of-Guilds (GoG) model. The SG model means all subDAOs share the same governance token. In contrast, under the GoG model, each subDAO has its own governance token—a structure used by some other gaming guilds—which risks subDAOs becoming too large and potentially脱离 the main DAO.
Token Distribution
Unlike other gaming guilds, HumanDAO does not raise funds from VCs—it only opens fundraising to the community.
According to official information, its public sale will begin on December 1 at 3 PM EST (4 AM China time on December 2), selling 5% of tokens (50 million tokens) via a Dutch auction. Participants will also receive a 20% airdrop bonus based on their contribution amount, along with exclusive NFT privileges. Additional key points include:
- 55% of tokens are allocated directly to the community treasury, unlocked and distributed over 10 years.
- Absolutely no private sales (to individual investors or VCs) occurred prior to launch, ensuring equal participation for the community. By comparison, other gaming guild DAOs may allocate 10–30% of tokens to VCs.
- 10% of tokens go to the founding team, vested over 5 years; another 10% go to builders, also vested over 5 years—so to earn HDAO tokens, one must participate in the long-term development of the DAO.
- DAO assets are controlled via multi-signature wallets, with signers including HumanDAO itself and several reputable organizations and individuals, such as BanklessDAO, Enzyme, LexDAO, Rabbit Hole, and Defi Dad, among other contributors and advisors. Governance requires 4 out of 7 signatures.
Value Capture
Compared to purely governance-focused communities, HumanDAO stands out by owning real assets and generating cash flow. Its governance token, HDAO, enables value capture, deriving utility and value from the following:
- Total value of assets owned by the DAO (NFTs, gaming/governance tokens, SAFTs)
- Appreciation from DeFi yield farming using treasury funds
- Staking rewards earned through voting and network participation
- Payments or grants to ecosystem projects within the network
- Returns from staking assets owned by the DAO
- Revenue from asset rentals and sales
In short, the token's value grows alongside the community-managed assets and increasing revenues.
Summary of the project:
1/ HumanDAO operates as a philanthropic gaming guild, helping people in developing or impoverished nations learn WEB3 and GameFi through time investment, earning income via gaming—achieving both social good and financial sustainability.
2/ Community-driven—no early funding from VCs or private investors—ensuring fair access for all.
3/ DAO assets secured by multi-signature control, with signers including reputable organizations like BanklessDAO, Defi Dad, LexDAO, and Rabbit Hole.
4/ 55% of the governance token HDAO is directly allocated to the community, unlocked over 10 years.
References:
Website:https://humandao.org/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/humanDAO
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Y2Q3hTzNAR
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