IslandDAO is a Solana-native DAO and network state that organizes on-chain governance, builder grants, and month-long coworking events for the Solana ecosystem. IslandDAO's Twitter Score is 39 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #24,361 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
IslandDAO was originally founded as Dean's List in 2022 and rebranded to its current name in April 2025. It operates as a legal entity under IslandDAO LLC and is backed by the Solana Foundation and the Metaplex Foundation. IslandDAO was previously affiliated with Grape Protocol.
IslandDAO combines token-based voting, Sowellian Governance, and futarchy through its $ISLAND token, while on-chain citizenship is verified via Gen 1 or Gen 2 NFT ownership. It manages the MetaplexDAO Grants Program, distributing funding in USDC and MPLX to qualifying projects, and maintains affiliations with Metaplex, MetaplexDAO, Realms, MonkeDAO, Solflare, and Colosseum.
IslandDAO runs recurring month-long coworking retreats for Solana builders, with past editions including Mykonos 2025 and Thailand 2026, and a fifth edition planned for Floripa, Brazil in mid-October 2026. Regional community chapters operate under IslandDAO NG in Nigeria and IslandDAO BR in Brazil. IslandDAO has published 4,477 posts and has been mentioned by 95 accounts a total of 515 times.
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The accounts that follow IslandDAO include 148 founders, 37 angel investors, 70 influencers and 2 VCs, among them Solana, Toly, MoonPay, DEGEN NEWS, Seraphim and SL Big Brain.