Decentralizing Journals and Peer Review DAOs: the evolution of legitimacy in scientific publishing

The success of these systems will depend on their ability to deliver the actual benefits of decentralization, including more equitable ownership among stakeholders, reduced censorship, and greater diversity.

One of the reasons I’m particularly excited that experiments in digital ownership are tending towards communities and peer production is because knowledge creation is a team sport. That’s something I know from working in some amazing neuroscience labs, my career in product development, and the past few years of writing online in various places. Sin... See more

The decentralized automated organization (DAO) structure and the technologies underpinning them -- transparent ledgers, smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, automated governance and certifiable digital ownership -- were created specifically and solely to align incentives. And now that they have been in the market for several years, we are starting to... See more

What if some of our most important and culturally-relevant non-profits, which have to spend so much time, energy, and ironically, money fundraising, were owned and governed by DAOs? A treasury backed by real-world assets with a token fueled by narrative upside would be an interesting proposition.