An example of a DeSci system that conforms to these ideals might begin by replacing the primary currency of research scientists – published articles – with NFTs. These NFTs can be minted and owned by the authors, with the actual manuscript and associated code and datasets hosted on IPFS (or another decentralised storage such as Arweave or... See more

DAOs may be used to tackle hard problems. DAOs can do more than simply bid for the US Constitution; they may be how the next life-saving drug is developed. VitaDAO, committed to researching longevity, may prove to be a pioneer in the budding "DeSci" movement.

While writing this article I pulled together a very early “proof-of-concept” for a DeSci publishing platform called SciFoundry. So far, SciFoundry is an ERC721 smart contract hosted on the Rinkeby testnet. Users can mint their articles and receive an NFT which can be viewed on Opensea. Anyone can download the full article and its assets using the... See more