# Voting with time commitment

- Speakers: [Vijay Mohan](https://streameth.org/speakers/vijay-mohan)
- Channel: [Devcon 7 SEA](https://streameth.org/devcon_7_sea)
- Date: 2024-11-13
- Duration: 25:34
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/673476f19dbb7a90e139f8dc

## Description

Token-based voting mechanisms employed by DAOs can encounter three potential problems: plutocracy, Sybil attacks and vote buying. If one were to design a voting mechanism from scratch, how does one ensure that these issues are addressed adequately down the road? This talk aims to provide some intuition for the trade-offs faced when tackling these problems in general, and the role of time commitment in alleviating these issues, in particular.

## About the speakers

### Vijay Mohan

Vijay is an independent researcher with a Ph.D in Economics from Iowa State University. His current interests include mechanism design for blockchains and the impact of new technology on society.