Ten more DeSci projects disrupting scientific research, development, and knowledge sharing.
The Decentralized Science (DeSci) movement has gained incredible momentum in recent months, with the launch of many new DeSci projects and DAOs, and the hosting of DeSci conferences and events all over the world. To help celebrate this momentum, we recently wrote an article titled 5 DeSci projects disrupting scientific research and development. In this blog post, we highlighted the work of VitaDAO, SCINET, AntidoteDAO, LabDAO, and Molecule.
In this blog post we highlight 10 more web3 projects and collectives that are leading the way in the DeSci movement, and positively disrupting scientific research, development and knowledge sharing. But before we start, what exactly is DeSci?
In short, “the decentralized science (DeSci) movement aims to harness new technologies such as blockchain and ‘Web3’ to address some important research pain points, silos and bottlenecks.” Whereas scientific research has long been viewed as overly bureaucratic and disjointed, the DeSci movement aims to improve this by using blockchain to offer greater transparency and to take on the “profit hungry intermediaries” such as scientific journals, that have dominated the traditional research space.
For some resources on DeSci, I recommend you check out the following articles:
Now, on to the 10 projects!
1. DeSci Labs
DeSci Labs, which styles itself as “A Decentralized Scientific Ecosystem”, is “building tools to enable scientists to form Autonomous Research Communities (ARCs) that operate on the Ledger of Scientific Record.” These ARCs would select, validate, and curate scientific discoveries, with each step in the process being stored on chain, creating an immutable record. Each ARC can also set up its own incentive system to ensure scientists are fairly rewarded.
2. Science DAO
Science DAO is “a decentralized think tank, incubator engine, and accelerator platform aiming to empower inventors, entrepreneurs, and institutions to collaborate and make informed investments in a wide spectrum of technologies and life sciences.” They have three areas of scientific focus including health and environment, computing and technology, and natural science. They are guided by an advisory board of industry experts and scientists, and community members can participate by purchasing the $THRY token which gives them a say in future projects.
3. Research Hub
ResearchHub has a simple mission: “to Accelerate the Pace of Scientific Research.” They aim to accomplish this by becoming the “GitHub of Science” and creating a modern app that allows scientists to collaborate on research more efficiently. The community is powered by ResearchCoin ($RSC), an ERC20 token used to incentivize contributions to the platform, with rewards being based on the perceived value of the contribution by community members.
4. DeSci Alliance
DeSci Alliance is “a network for advocacy and collaboration for decentralized science projects and aligned organizations.” They offer a weekly newsletter, Twitter spaces, and a DeSci event calendar, and operate a Discord channel to help connect DeSci enthusiasts.
5. DeSci Foundation
DeSci Foundation is “an independent think tank of leading scientists and web3 pioneers, dedicated to exploring the potential of applying web3 technologies to the scientific ecosystem.” They aim to bridge the gap between those in the web3 and scientific research communities, and to improve how scientific research and development takes place, how it is funded, and how it is shared with the public. DeSci Foundation has established partnerships with Center of Open Science and Foresight Institute to help advance this mission.
6. OpScientia
OpScientia is “a community of open science activists, researchers, organisers and enthusiasts that have come together to work on the problems of data sharing, reproducibility, incentive alignment, coordination, and intellectual ownership that plague knowledge creation today.” Their OpSci Data Wallet, which enables scientists to securely share data with peers and be rewarded fairly for doing so, was a finalist at ETHGlobal Hackathon. Check out the demo HERE.
7. DeSci Community Fund
The DeSci Community Fund “supports events and programming for builders in the space to showcase their projects, explore new collaborations, and sync with the wider web3 community.” They host events, in-person programs, hackathons, and more, to elevate the DeSci community.
8. Crowd Funded Cures
Crowd Funded Cures is a crowdfunding platform dedicated to incentivizing the development of public good medicines, including off-patent therapies that are often ignored by drug makers. They are looking to establish a Social Impact Bond for off-patent medicines, which will help incentivize clinical trials and research into new uses. They use a “Pay-for-success model” to fund large clinical trials on off-patent drugs, minimizing the risk to healthcare payers. For more info on this model, check out the infographic HERE.
9. Everipedia
Everipedia aims to “Bring blockchain knowledge to the world and knowledge to the blockchain,” by essentially creating a web3 version of Wikipedia. This project goes beyond just scientific research and is open to knowledge creation in all areas. Users acquire IQ tokens, which give them the ability to vote on which articles need edits and which can be added to the on-chain knowledge base.
10. Fleming Protocol
Fleming Protocol is “an open-source data economy that fuels collaborative biomedical discovery by incentivising patients or hackers to work with labs, scientists, and academia”. Fleming Protocol provides patients with the infrastructure to store all of their personal health data, generated from patient owned devices (i.e. smart watches, remote monitoring sensors, etc.), in one place using IPFS, giving patients full custody of their own data. This will enable users to use this data to develop “automated and personalised systems for self-management”, while opening the door for a new “personalised healthcare economy in the metaverse.”
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