Blockchain technology is leading a revolutionary transformation across diverse industries, with effective governance being critical for the success and sustainability of blockchain projects. Community forums, pivotal in engaging decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), significantly impact blockchain governance decisions. Concurrently, Natural Language Processing (NLP), particularly sentiment analysis, provides powerful insights from textual data. While prior research has explored the potential of NLP tools in social media sentiment analysis, there is a gap in understanding the sentiment landscape of blockchain governance communities. The evolving discourse and sentiment dynamics on the forums of top DAOs remain largely unknown. This paper delves deep into the evolving discourse and sentiment dynamics on the public forums of leading DeFi projects: Aave, Uniswap, Curve DAO, Yearn.finance, Merit Circle, and Balancer, focusing primarily on discussions related to governance issues. Our study shows that participants in decentralized communities generally express positive sentiments during Discord discussions. Furthermore, there is a potential interaction between discussion intensity and sentiment dynamics; higher discussion volume may contribute to a more stable sentiment from code analysis. The insights gained from this study are valuable for decision-makers in blockchain governance, underscoring the pivotal role of sentiment analysis in interpreting community emotions and its evolving impact on the landscape of blockchain governance. This research significantly contributes to the interdisciplinary exploration of the intersection of blockchain and society, specifically emphasizing the decentralized blockchain governance ecosystem. We provide our data and code for replicability as open access on GitHub.

翻译：区块链技术正在引领各行业的革命性变革，其中有效的治理对于区块链项目的成功与可持续发展至关重要。社区论坛作为去中心化自治组织（DAO）参与的关键平台，对区块链治理决策产生重大影响。与此同时，自然语言处理（NLP），特别是情感分析，为从文本数据中提取深刻见解提供了强大工具。尽管先前研究已探讨了NLP工具在社交媒体情感分析中的应用潜力，但对于区块链治理社区情感格局的理解仍存在空白。头部DAO论坛中不断演变的话语体系与情感动态在很大程度上仍是未知领域。本文深入研究了领先DeFi项目——Aave、Uniswap、Curve DAO、Yearn.finance、Merit Circle和Balancer——公共论坛中持续演进的话语模式与情感动态，重点关注与治理议题相关的讨论。我们的研究表明，去中心化社区的参与者在Discord讨论中普遍表现出积极情绪。此外，讨论强度与情感动态之间存在潜在相互作用：更高的讨论量可能通过代码分析促成更稳定的情感状态。本研究获得的见解对区块链治理决策者具有重要价值，凸显了情感分析在解读社区情绪及其对区块链治理格局持续影响方面的关键作用。这项研究显著推动了区块链与社会交叉领域的跨学科探索，特别强调了去中心化区块链治理生态系统。我们已在GitHub上开源研究数据与代码以供复现验证。