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+---
+type: entity
+entity_type: company
+name: "Tally"
+domain: internet-finance
+handles: ["@talaboratories"]
+website: https://tally.xyz
+status: active
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+last_updated: 2026-03-11
+founded: 2020-01-01
+category: "Onchain DAO governance platform (Ethereum)"
+stage: mature
+key_metrics:
+  governance_type: "Onchain (binding execution)"
+competitors: ["[[snapshot]]", "[[metadao]]"]
+built_on: ["Ethereum"]
+tags: ["governance", "token-voting", "onchain-governance", "dao-tooling"]
+---
+
+# Tally
+
+## Overview
+Onchain governance platform focused on Ethereum. Unlike Snapshot's off-chain voting, Tally executes vote results onchain — approved proposals trigger smart contract execution automatically. More secure than off-chain voting but higher friction (gas costs, slower).
+
+## Current State
+- **Mechanism**: Onchain token-weighted voting with automatic execution. Proposals create onchain transactions that execute if passed.
+- **Ecosystem**: Ethereum-focused. Used by several major protocols.
+- **Trade-off**: Higher security (binding execution) vs higher cost (gas) compared to Snapshot
+
+## Competitive Position
+- **vs Snapshot**: Higher security but lower adoption. Snapshot's free + gasless model dominates volume. Tally captures the "security-first" segment.
+- **vs MetaDAO**: Same fundamental mechanism difference as Snapshot — voting vs markets. Tally adds onchain execution but doesn't change the information aggregation problem that futarchy addresses.
+- **Moat**: Ethereum ecosystem positioning, but narrow moat.
+
+## Investment Thesis
+Tally occupies the "secure onchain voting" niche. If governance evolves toward market-based mechanisms, Tally faces the same structural pressure as Snapshot. But for decisions that require binding onchain execution from a vote, Tally has a clear use case.
+
+**Thesis status:** WATCHING
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[DAO governance degenerates into political capture because proposal processes select for coalition-building skill over operational competence and the resulting bureaucracy creates structural speed disadvantages against focused competitors]] — Tally enables onchain version of the governance model this claim critiques
+
+---
+
+Relevant Entities:
+- [[snapshot]] — off-chain voting alternative
+- [[metadao]] — market-based governance alternative
+
+Topics:
+- [[internet finance and decision markets]]