Decentralization is helping to shape the course of scientific research and bu...

Decentralization is helping to shape the course of scientific research and bu...

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....


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