ConstitutionDAO Token Sale (2021): Sale History, Figure & Outcome

ConstitutionDAO was a single-purpose Ethereum-based DAO formed in 2021. It aimed to acquire a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution through a Sotheby's auction.

Token ConstitutionDAO (PEOPLE)
Sale year 2021
Category single-purpose DAO
Chain Ethereum
Documented figure $49,520,510
Outcome refunded
Data tier 1 — hand-verified

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What the record shows

The DAO raised USD 49.5 million in ETH in less than a week from contributors. Despite the substantial funds raised, ConstitutionDAO lost the auction. It subsequently offered refunds to participants, though gas fees significantly reduced the amounts received by smaller contributors.

Era context: the ido era (2021–2023)

The IDO Era (2021–2023) saw decentralized launchpads enabling permissionless token sales, often for modest sums. Thousands of gaming and DeFi tokens emerged during this period, though many later became difficult to track.

This sale is one of the 787 entries in our The IDO Era (2021–2023) era archive, part of the complete history of crypto presales — a sourced dataset where every figure links to the page that shows it.

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Sources

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