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

One possible resolution that people have discussed is a new "streaming" publisher, similar to iTunes or Spotify, which offers a catalog of all papers for a flat fee. But a more radical approach would be a crypto Sci-Hub, one that might even offer enough financial incentive to legacy publishers to flip them over to open access for their entire... See more