DeSci: Tech trees to fund ambitious science and tech
To aid coordination, technology trees help decentralize science and provide an overview of the field, existing work and open challenges. Have you ever played the game series Civilization, created by designer Sid Meier? Through the years, much has changed, but one of the unchanging hallmarks of the series has been the technology tree. Why has it been such a stable component of this game? Because it allows you, on one look, to get a bird’s-eye view of the technological capabilities necessary to make progress on your audacious civilizational goals. Compare this with our real civilization. If....
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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,....
To democratize science through decentralized science would allow for a new kind of interface layer for a modern Scientific Revolution. Scientists can leverage blockchain tools, such as smart contracts and tokens, to improve collaboration in scientific endeavors between different stakeholders. This so-called decentralized science movement, or DeSci for short, combines blockchain and Web3 technologies to improve scientific research.A primary goal of DeSci is wider participation and funding when approaching scientific challenges, as well as democratizing the peer-to-peer review process, which....
Decentralized science, dubbed DeSci, is creating new markets for knowledge and new opportunities on commercial markets. New technologies may have rapid, dramatic effects on society, but they may also spread slowly and subtly. Blockchain-powered decentralized science (DeSci) is taking off after some years of gestation. Its impact is being felt not only in the rarified confines of high-tech labs but more broadly in the business world as well. Psychedelics and longevityPaul Kohlhaas, co-founder and CEO of Molecule — a platform for biotech decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) founded....
The San Francisco-based dispensary, Trees, wants to hook you up with a cannabis kit, so all of your smoking needs are taken care of in one place. The company acknowledges that - with technology like vaporizers, dabs, and so on, cannabis has become pretty complex (especially after a dome straight to the head). So for that reason, Trees stocks the latest tech and glassware for your blazing pleasure and packages it in a convenient form. Medicinal use of cannabis in California has been legal since 1996. While in Colorado and Washington cannabis is recreational, in California, the legalization....
Huobi Tech, a fund manager in Hong Kong has plans to introduce a cryptocurrency tracking exchange-traded fund (ETF), especially for retail investors. This move comes after the city released its recent guidelines for the sale of virtual assets, there was a relaxation concerning retail ownership of foreign ETFs. Due to the relaxation, Huobi Tech furthered […]