# DAO Setup The BioDAO smart contracts are designed to provide secure, efficient, and modular functionality for key features of BioDAO operations including token distribution, vesting, and governance. This section provides an overview of the core contracts, their features, and how they interact within the broader Bio Protocol. ### Core Principles Our smart contracts follow a set of key principles to ensure security, flexibility, and scalability: * **Modular Design**: Each contract is purpose-built with minimal dependencies, allowing for composability and upgrades. * **Security-First Approach**: Comprehensive input validation, role-based access control, and protections against reentrancy attacks. * **Efficient Token Management**: Optimized gas usage through Merkle trees, virtual token representations, and structured vesting mechanisms. * **Permissioned Governance**: Controlled access to critical functions while enabling decentralized participation where necessary. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.bio.xyz/bio/developers/dao-setup.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.