The governance of online communities has been a critical issue since the first USENET groups, and a number of serious constitutions -- declarations of goals, values, and rights -- have emerged since the mid-1990s. More recently, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have begun to publish their own constitutions, manifestos, and other governance documents. There are two unique aspects to these documents: they (1) often govern significantly more resources than previously-observed online communities, and (2) are used in conjunction with smart contracts that can secure certain community rights and processes through code. In this article, we analyze 25 DAO constitutions, observe a number of common patterns, and provide a template and a set of recommendations to support the crafting and dissemination of future DAO constitutions. We conclude with a report on how our template and recommendations were then used within the actual constitutional drafting process of a major blockchain.

翻译：自首个USENET讨论组成立以来，在线社区的治理便成为关键议题。自20世纪90年代中期以来，涌现出大量严肃的宪法性文件——关于目标、价值观和权利的宣言。近年来，去中心化自治组织（DAO）开始发布其专属宪法、宣言及其他治理文件。这些文件具有两个独特维度：（1）其治理的资源规模往往远超此前观察到的在线社区；（2）它们与智能合约协同使用，能够通过代码保障特定社区权利与流程。本文分析了25份DAO宪法，归纳出若干共同模式，并提供了一套模板与建议，以支持未来DAO宪法的制定与传播。最后，我们报告了该模板与建议如何被实际应用于某主流区块链的宪法起草过程。