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#DeSci or decentralized science allows researchers to put their research on the blockchain and to receive IP-NFTs or intellectual property non-fungible tokens. This article does a good job of explaining the terms and how it works from a high-level but fails to go deep into two important areas: 1) research quality control - the current systems with publications focuses on evidence that whatever is claimed is true. A tokenization model whereby whoever brings evidence could benefit from future revenue streams from the IP-NFT could solve this problem. Sort of a community credibility score. 2) research rewards - although mentioned a couple of times, the how is never really explained. An IP-NFT is not the same as a trademark, patent,... and as such it does not offer immediate protection and a revenue source for licensing. This brings a deeper issue. The best researchers aren't necessarily the best business people or entrepreneurs. Often the importance of publications leads to better research job positions and bigger research budgets. Both patents and research budgets could be put onto the blockchain. Patents could see a system whereby anybody can challenge a patent versus people betting that nobody can successfully challenge the patent but still some authoritarian decision would be needed in case of conflict. Potentially have a board of most successful patent creators vote on the outcome. This could be one revenue source for top researchers. Additionally crowdfunding research grants and getting a future revenue share of licensing revenue coming out of IP-NFTs could solve the grant problem. Conclusion: DeSci is a very interesting concept but decentralized quakity control, grants and patents management are missing to make it a really Centralized Science disruptor. If anybody plans to work on these, and can use some help, please let me know. https://lnkd.in/ewBkTYTN

🔴 Unleashing the Future: Exploring the Potential of Decentralized Science 🎯 At exactly 2:46 pm on the 11th of March, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Tōhoku region in Japan. Less than a half hour later, a tsunami of about 128 ft in height (equivalent to the height of a 12-story building) engulfed the region. 19 797 people lost their lives and more than 100 000 buildings were completely destroyed. The World Bank estimated the economic cost of the damage to be $235 billion, earning it the title of the "Costliest natural disaster in the world". Alongside the buildings destroyed were the results of hours of painstaking scientific research and invaluable scientific data. 🎯 While our control over natural disasters is limited, to an extent, the amount of casualties they leave in their wake is within the realms of our control. Blockchain technology through decentralized science is one such technology that can help ameliorate the loss of data. 🎯 Decentralized science (DeSci) powered by blockchain technology offers an innovative and alternative approach to traditional scientific research methods. 🎯 DeSci promotes openness, collaboration, and distribution, aiming to address various shortcomings in the current scientific research landscape. 🎯 Key areas DeSci seeks to improve include funding mechanisms, global accessibility to scientific data, publishing practices, data security, and more. 🎯 The undeniable impact of scientific and technological advances on improving the quality of human life makes accelerating scientific progress a commendable goal. 🎯 DeSci introduces enhancements in multiple facets of scientific research: 🔺Funding avenues can diversify through blockchain-based mechanisms like Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), quadratic donations, and crowdfunding. 🔺Leveraging decentralized storage solutions such as Filecoin, IPFS, and others ensures secure preservation of scientific data, even in the face of natural disasters. 🔺Blockchain's unique features, including NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), offer protection for intellectual property rights and enable fair compensation through programmable smart contracts. 🔺Traditional publishing hurdles, highlighted by unethical fees, can be bypassed with decentralized platforms, lowering costs and expanding research access. 🎯 Continued advancements in blockchain technology promise to unearth more solutions, and while DeSci is still emerging, its potential to amplify scientific engagement and knowledge dissemination holds great promise. If you found value in this piece, let me know in the comments.

🔬 DeSci: What opportunities does blockchain open up for science In our time, the scientific community faces a number of problems that require innovative approaches. These problems include: • Limited access and competition: Scientific research often depends on access to funding, leading to slow development and competition for limited resources. • Lengthy publication process: Publishing in scientific journals takes significant time, slowing down knowledge exchange and innovation. • High publishing costs: Article publication is often associated with high publishing costs, creating barriers to accessing knowledge and limiting information dissemination opportunities. Decentralized Science (DeSci) based on blockchain can address these issues. How DeSci works: • Blockchain utilization: DeSci utilizes blockchain technology for secure data storage, ensuring data integrity and immutability. • Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs): DeSci relies on the concept of DAOs, where participants collectively make decisions on research project funding and resource management. • Tokenization and intellectual property: DeSci uses tokens and IP-NFTs to incentivize participation and provide researchers with intellectual property rights. • Secure data storage: Thanks to its decentralized and immutable structure, DeSci prevents the possibility of data forgery or loss. Currently, DeSci is only a concept, but the accumulated problems of the scientific community push towards the creation of the first projects in this area in the near future. 📈 Potentially, DeSci could significantly increase the efficiency and openness of research, which could lead to accelerated development across the entire scientific industry, so we hope that blockchain will find application in this field too.

Decentralized Science (DeSci) is the next big thing in the world of science, and it's gaining momentum fast! This revolutionary field aims to transform how we collaborate, fund, and research scientific discoveries. DeSci builds on the principles of Open Science, which means that scientific information is free and unrestricted, teaching materials are free, research data is transparently viewable, and peer review processes are open. DeSci also uses blockchain technologies to store research data in a tamper-proof and decentralized manner, while #tracing #authorship. This technology is expected to make the #Internet more #democratic and #decentralized. With the development of Web3, users can control their own data, and store it in a decentralized manner using blockchain technology, which is expected to influence entire sectors of the economy. DeSci is already in action, thanks to Institutes and Foundations such as the Institute for Applied Blockchain (#IABC) and the selfdriven Foundation. Bence Lukács, co-leader of AG Wissenschaft im Blockchain Bundesverband e.V. (“Bundesblock”) explains how DeSci works and why it can revolutionize science. Several DeSci projects are disrupting scientific research and development, such as VitaDAO, a #DecentralizedAutonomousOrganization (#DAO) that funds longevity research in an open and democratic manner, and SCINET, a blockchain-based platform that enables retail and institutional investors to securely invest in scientific research and technology directly. #sciencediscovery #knowledgediscovery #researchanddevelopment #innovationecosystem #innovationfunding #science #collaboration #funding #research #DeSci #OpenScience #blockchain #Web3 #IABC #selfdrivenlearning #VitaDAO #DAO #SCINET #retailinvestors #institutionalinvestors https://lnkd.in/dVN9BDKU https://lnkd.in/d62sNEut

DeSci - Decentralized Science Jens Ducrée , Martin Codyre, Tengqi Li, Ray Walshe and Sönke  #dDESC #dEDUD #science #ciencia #decentralized #descentralización Abstract: Fundamental science and applied research and technology development (RTD) are facing significant challenges that particularly compound to the notorious credibility, reproducibility, funding and sustainability crises. The underlying, serious shortcomings are substantially amplified by a metrics-obsessed publication culture, and a growing cohort of academics fishing for fairly stagnant (public) funding budgets. This work presents, for the first time, a groundbreaking strategy to successfully address these severe issues; the novel strategy proposed here leverages the distributed ledger technology (DLT) “blockchain” to capitalize on cryptoeconomic mechanisms, such as tokenization, consensus, crowdsourcing, smart contracts, reputation systems as well as staking, reward and slashing mechanisms. This powerful toolbox, which is so far widely unfamiliar to traditional scientific and RTD communities (“TradSci”), is synergistically combined with the exponentially growing computing capabilities for virtualizing experiments through digital twin methods in a future scientific “metaverse”. Project contributions, such as hypotheses, methods, experimental data, modelling, simulation, assessment, predictions and directions are crowdsourced using blockchain, and captured by so-called non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). The so enabled, highly integrative approach, termed decentralized science (“DeSci”), is destined to move research out of its present silos, and to markedly enhance quality, credibility, efficiency, transparency, inclusiveness, sustainability, impact, and sustainability of a wide spectrum of academic and commercial research initiatives. Keywords: digitization; virtualization; digital twin; blockchain; crowdsourcing; decentralization; non-fungible token; NFT; smart contract; oracle; tokenization; digital ownership; consensus; governance; trust; incentivization; staking; reputation systems; reproducibility crisis; exponentiality; digital twin; metaverse; DeSci; decentralized science; citizen science; open science; distributed ledger; digital scarcity

In our rapidly evolving digital age, revolutionary forces are poised to challenge the established order fueled by AI technologies: in light of OpenAI’s newest release, I want to share my thoughts on similarities between these 2 decentralization-drivers: 𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝑰-𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. Both technologies, though vastly different in application, share a common thread — they undermine centralized control, offering a “better” decentralized alternative for society. Bitcoin, a pioneering cryptocurrency, emerged as a response to the 2008 financial crisis, symbolizing a pushback against centralized financial institutions that have long dominated global economics. Bitcoin offers a decentralized financial system where transactions are transparent, peer-to-peer, and free from governmental oversight. This fundamental shift challenges the traditional role of national governments in controlling currency, potentially diminishing their ability to dictate economic conditions within and across borders. 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 Similarly, artificial intelligence in education represents a paradigm shift from traditional, regulatory-bound educational systems towards a more personalized, accessible form of learning. AI technologies can tailor educational content to meet individual student needs, overcoming geographical and socioeconomic barriers. This capability challenges the centralized educational authorities who traditionally dictate curricular standards and assessment methods, promoting a more democratized and inclusive approach to learning. Despite their potential to democratize and equalize, both Bitcoin and AI in education face significant resistance. 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. Their power is derived from their ability to centralize, standardize, and regulate (either directly or by proxy), but this often comes at the expense of progress for society. As history also shows us, societal shifts often begin with disruptive technologies that redistribute power, as seen with the printing press or internet. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝. By supporting decentralized technologies like Bitcoin, AI-driven educational tools (and others), we can dismantle outdated structures and build a more equitable world. The future is not in centralization but in harnessing the power of society-driven-decentralization to empower individuals and communities alike. 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀? 🔬🧪 What sounds like the future is happening today! 💇♀️ HairDAO is a patient-led research community solving hair loss. Coordinated through blockchain incentive mechanisms, the bio-DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) does frontier research to create novel solutions for hair loss. A vast community of researchers, patients, and advocates are working together on building and advancing the most extensive knowledge base around hair loss available anywhere. 🤖Our team at MTX Studio has been supporting HairDAO with building their Ready-PlayHair-One Research Game. A platform playfully coordinating the researchers and rewarding their efforts. From sophisticated AI agents summarising progress to blockchain-based incentive mechanisms handing out rewards to cutting-edge front-end implementations: Our team at MTX has covered diverse grounds to support their community in flourishing. “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙏𝙓 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙇𝙏𝙨, 𝘼𝙄, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙗 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙞𝙣-𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙄 𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚!” Andrew Verbinnen founding member of HairDAO. 🔥 We are proud to see HairDAO lead the way in patient-led research endeavors over the web. At MTX we love to see technology be used for good. Often that means using it in novel ways to solve long-lasting problems. HairDAO is a prime example of what blockchain and AI technologies can help create in the field of clinical research. We look forward to continuing to support HairDAO with our knowledge and to see them thrive.

AANN.ai is the creator of AN Social Authenticity Network a next generation AI-powered neural network built to help web3/web2 users elevate and monetize provable social authenticity. The $AN token is a deflationary cryptographic asset designed to be the backbone of AN Social Authenticity Network, facilitating in-app payments, rewards, and staking. Created by the Authentica Foundation. $AN token total supply is 100 billion, minted on the Binance Smart Chain. $AN is a multichain cryptographic asset that utilizes the Wormhole relayer implementation to support interoperability and scalability across leading L1 & L2 EVM compatible blockchains. $AN multichain design offers holders convenient accessibility, secure and user friendly interchain transactions. Deflationary Mechanism The $AN token contract integrates a sophisticated programmable burn function, pivotal for its deflationary mechanism. Inspired by successful crypto assets like SHIB, $AN token burn function is designed to systematically reduce the total supply, enhancing scarcity and potentially increasing its value over time. Community-Driven Burn Mechanism Authentica Foundation will employ scheduled burns to methodically decrease supply of $AN token, burn parameters to be set by the Authentica Foundation but influenced by community consensus. Decentralized Voting on Burns Holders of $AN tokens and MFAN (Many Faces of AN) NFTs can vote on burn specifics, including the burn rate and the quantity to be burned, 30 days prior to each event via Authentica Foundation DAO on Snapshot. This ensures the token’s deflationary path is democratically chosen by its community, reflecting the Authentica Foundation’s commitment to decentralized governance.

Cryptocurrency funding is gaining traction as a means to support open-source generative AI projects. Generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content, is poised to transform industries like art, design, music, and film. The potential of these projects is vast, offering new tools for creators and expanding human imagination. However, the resources […]

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s tenure as the CEO of Binance may be over, but the exchange giant’s loss could be a boon for the decentralized science (DeSci) sector. In a comment on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Nov. 28, the former Binance CEO revealed an interest in the rapidly developing sector. In November, Cointelegraph reported a United States Justice Department (DOJ) investigation into Binance concluded with a record $4.3 billion settlement by the exchange. CZ’s options are manifold, but should the former Binance chief opt to jump into DeSci, he’ll be joining a dynamic sector encompassing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), biotech, financing, publishing, data storage, foundations and more. It is also a sector that still has much opportunity. A spokesperson for OpSci, an autonomous research community, told Cointelegraph that DeSci is still in its early days and “finding its footing in the wider scientific community.” The shape of medicine to come DAOs are among the major trends fueling the growth of DeSci. Medicine’s next prospective innovation wave has 20 or more DAOs in operation, with more emerging. One such DAO is VitaDAO, a decentralized collective working to advance longevity research and extend human lifespans. Cointelegraph spoke with VitaDAO awareness steward Alex Dobrin to learn more about the market and what makes longevity science an attractive field of study. “DeSci offers a new way for people to participate in funding and supporting projects. Instead of relying on traditional methods like for-profit initial public offerings or charity models, DeSci creates a new model,” said Dobrin. “Anyone can contribute both skills and capital while receiving tokens in a more scalable, effective model aligned with humanity since it’s decentralized.” Magazine: Lawmakers’ fear and doubt drives proposed crypto regulations in US Dobrin believes that DeSci is particularly important in areas that are either dismissed or forgotten about by the incumbent players. “The best example is aging research and longevity biotech,” argued Dobrin. “Crypto was also dismissed by the incumbents, As a new funding model, VitaDAO and others may bridge that gap, helping to bring novel ideas and innovations to market. The major contributors in the field often participate as a point of passion and belief. AthenaDAO contributor Sara Peoples is a prime example. Peoples’ career began in law before she transferred to marketing, but at AthenaDAO, she took her knowledge into the field of medicine, working to improve health outcomes for women suffering from female-specific illnesses. Peoples told Cointelegraph, “There is such a genuine welcoming of anyone who brings a new skill-set to the community, whether their strengths lie within operations, tokenomics, communications and awareness, or the more traditional scientific research background.” https://lnkd.in/dMEC__iM