{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Just DAO It: A Podcast for People Starting DAOs","title":"Just DAO It! — DAO Liability, the Ooki & Lido Cases, and Why States Are Passing DAO Entity Law","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f0cc00c8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2592,"description":"Adam Miller's talk from Maryland Blockchain Bootcamp 2026 (Capitol Technology University, July 2026).\nHow courts have begun treating unwrapped DAOs as unincorporated associations or general partnerships, what the Ooki and Lido cases did and did not decide, the five design problems any DAO statute has to solve, and an honest map of the US and offshore frameworks, from Wyoming's DUNA to the Marshall Islands DAO LLC.\nAdam is not a lawyer, and nothing in this episode is legal advice.\nLitigation status update (August 2026): the Lido DAO case discussed in this episode is stayed pending a Ninth Circuit appeal on arbitration; no summary judgment hearing is currently scheduled.\nState law correction (September 2026): the US scoreboard in this episode says seven states and eight statutes, and that West Virginia signed a DUNA act in April 2026. West Virginia's bill (HB 5060) never passed its Senate and did not become law. The accurate count is six states and seven statutes, and the DUNA is law in two states: Wyoming and Alabama.\nChapters\n00:00 Show intro\n00:29 Ooki DAO Wake Up Call\n03:49 What A DAO Is\n06:43 Where Law Attaches\n08:52 Default Partnership Trap\n10:38 Two Landmark Cases\n13:33 Lido Timeline Stakes\n16:40 Sixteen Year Legal Arc\n19:51 Five Statute Design Tests\n26:23 US Scoreboard And Federal\n29:35 Adoption Costs Offshore Map\n34:00 Maryland Moment And Ask\n40:28 Closing Why Entity Law\n42:26 Outro\nWatch the talk with slides and graphics (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWDuwmizO08\nFree guides on DAO, Web3, and AI agent legal structuring: https://www.midao.org/guides\nMIDAO is the sole registered agent for DAO LLCs in the Marshall Islands: https://www.midao.org","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wYpFin6VALxYRyQPacNLslkTm07U9aKKmLGKBcJ-HrQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxNjc0LzE2NTU4/MjEzMzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}