 The DAO was intended to operate as "a hub that disperses funds (currently in Ether, the Ethereum value token) to projects".Investors received voting rights by means of a digital share token; they vote on proposals that are submitted by "contractors" and a group of volunteers called "curators" check the identity of people submitting proposals and make sure the projects are legal before "whitelisting" them.The profits from the investments will then flow back to its stakeholders.