Core safeguards determine a DAO’s exposure to governance attacks. Overall defense risk is set by the weakest metric, where higher risk signals greater attack feasibility and impact.
SPAM RESISTANCE
ECONOMIC SECURITY
SAFEGUARDS
CONTRACT SAFETY
RESPONSE TIME
GOV FRONT-END VULNERABILITY
Spam Resistance
HIGH RISK
DEFENSE DEFINITION
Protects the system from being overwhelmed by malicious or low-quality proposals, which can waste resources, discourage meaningful participation, and expose the DAO to a war of attrition.
This risk typically arises when there are no checks to submit proposals, or when existing safeguards can be bypassed or ignored.
RISK EXPOSURE
A low proposal threshold and unrestricted proposal submissions reduce the cost of flooding governance, while a 5-day voting period limits defensive participation, resulting in high exposure to governance spam.