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# What is a DAO

Members of the **DAO** make decisions in a **transparent** and **decentralized** fashion, with smart contracts executing these decisions.

For instance, a member can create a proposal suggesting an investment of the treasury or a program upgrade. The **DAO** members then come together to vote on the proposal. If a predefined quorum votes for the proposal to pass, the proposal is accepted and executed by a smart contract.

As a result, the **DAO** structure provides a “flat” organizational structure. Each **DAO** member has a voice in the community and the opportunity to drive the direction of the organization.

## DAO Landing Page <a href="#dao-landing-page" id="dao-landing-page"></a>

Users when landing in their preferred DAO page will be able to see straight away:

* **DAO Stats**
* **Members**
* **Settings** (DAO Config)
* **DAO Wallets & Assets** (Treasury)
* **Programs** (Programs that involve dApp and Realms interactions)
* **Proposals**

Users who have their Solana wallet connected will be able to see their **governance power** where they can **Deposit**, **Withdraw**, **Delegate** and **Lock Tokens**.

## Where to find them? <a href="#where-to-find-them" id="where-to-find-them"></a>

DAOs are displayed upon visiting Realms and can primarily be filtered by the **search bar** and searching for the DAO you wish to visit.\
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**Custom domain names** for spaces are also supported (bonkedao.com).

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## Proposal Filtering & Sorting <a href="#proposal-filtering--sorting" id="proposal-filtering--sorting"></a>

Users can go through all of DAO proposals and turn on/off **specific filters** to them, including **completed**, **canceled**, and **defeated** proposals.

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