The European Blockchain Association (EBA) combines, synchronizes and leverages blockchain-related activities of European corporations, startups, venture capitalists, and scientific institutes. The EBA serves as a superior, neutral body to aggregate and coordinate blockchain activities throughout Europe and to provide Non-European parties with a direct API into the European blockchain ecosystem. The European Blockchain Association is structured as a Decentralised Semi-Autonomous Organisation DSAO. The DSAO is a derivative of the original Distributed Autonomous Organisation DAO that describes a type of network connecting individual nodes that act autonomously on the basis of self-created rules. A DAO’s financial transaction record and program rules are maintained on a blockchain and member activities are not influenced by a central government. Key differenciators between the EBA and traditional DAO’s. - The EBA was founded by a legal entity – the European Blockchain Association e.V. – an association registered in Germany, - The DSAO Is supported by a basic government – run by the EBA’s board. This facilitates the integration of the EBA into the society at large, by addressing social, legal, economic and environmental aspects and acting as a contact person. With this structure of a decentralised semi-autonomous organisation DSAO, the European Blockchain Association combines the advantages of decentralised networks with the essential requirements of our society.