DeSci: Can crypto improve scientific research?
2022.04.15 17:31
DeSci: Can crypto improve scientific research?
An insider account of the DeSci origins story a new movement of citizen scientists, open-access scientific research and crowd-sourced peer-review funded by crypto thats gathering pace in 2022.
At ETHDenver in February, decentralized science became a thing.
It was like the good old days of crypto: Like-minded spirits met and then crashed at each others rented places. Ideologies and open research were respectfully debated. DeSci panels were well attended with renewed energy for figuring out hard problems. Heated discussions were had. Many committed themselves to decentralized science, whatever that would mean. DeSci is, of course, very new and untested.
Decentralized science?
Building upon existing science
Hippocratic Oath for DeSci?
How to peer review as a decentralized public good
- Research funding
- Open access to research
- Overhaul the academic peer-review process.
1. Crowdsourcing research funding
2. Open access for citizen science
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3. Overhaul the academic peer review process
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