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# What is Daımon?

*'Daimon or Daemon (δαίμων: "god", "godlike", "power", "fate") originally referred to a deity or guiding spirit such as the Daimons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy. The word is derived from Proto-Indo-European \*Daimon' provider, divider (of fortunes or destinies),' from the root \*da- 'to divide'. Daimons were seen as the souls of men of the golden age acting as tutelary deities. See also Daimonic: a religious, philosophical, literary and psychological concept.'*

### 🗺️Overview

Daimon is a decentralised, non-custodial asset management protocol connecting Web3 Community Treasuries with professional asset managers through Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs). It gives communities institutional-grade portfolio management — on-chain, transparent, and without surrendering custody.

Daimon's core thesis is simple: access to sophisticated investment management shouldn't be reserved for the few. By enabling communities to collectively govern and deploy their Treasuries through a cost-efficient, social, and modular infrastructure, Daimon brings institutional finance to the decentralised world.

Daimon Labs is building toward a single goal: making Daimon the world's leading decentralised asset management ecosystem by 2030.

### 📜Features

Daımon introduces innovative blockchain-based asset management solutions that enable: 

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<summary>🆓Costless Onboarding</summary>

Any community can [onboard a Treasury](/trustee-guide/onboarding-a-treasury.md) and access Separately Managed Account services, or [set up a Treasury Management Castle](/manager-guide/onboarding-a-castle.md), at significant below-market costs.

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<summary>📄Increased Security</summary>

Through a novel [consensus-based voting mechanism](/investor-guide/ruling-treasuries.md), communities gain voting rights that allow members to hard-code smart contract-based rulesets within their investment fund.

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<summary>🔎Greater Transparency </summary>

Completely transparent, 24/7 investor access to all asset management activity, hence mitigating rent-extraction, along with tamper-proof valuations of fund holdings.

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<summary>👔Professionals Marketplace</summary>

The first[ marketplace](/features/the-bazaar.md) facilitating professional wealth management networking, talent acquisition and career development for Treasury Managers.

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