Better tools for funding science.
AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) is our flagship initiative. We are building and testing an experimental AI-assisted system for allocating donations to scientists, open-source developers, and science communicators. AIIM payment transactions are already recorded on-chain; the current beta initiates payments off-chain through Node.js.
Donations for the project are legally received and controlled by Victor Porton’s Foundation.
Flagship initiative
AI Internet-Meritocracy
Develop AI software distributing funds to scientists, software authors, and marketers of science.
Testing & Evidence
See how AIIM is being tested for reliability, reproducibility, and resistance to manipulation.
Other Projects
Explore Science DAO’s secondary and experimental initiatives, including publishing and grants infrastructure.
Sustainable Development Goals
Save Basic Science
Support Every Discovery
Protect Against Predatory Publishers
Salaries to Scientists
Publishing in XML
Post-Moderation
Help is our goal
We are on a mission to support basic science.
We support open, transparent alternatives to problematic scientific publishing practices.
Who we are & how we operate
World Science DAO is an online project developing DAO-based governance and funding tools for science and open-source software. Independent scrutiny: We invite researchers and specialists to challenge our claims and publish their conclusions independently. Review the project → It is not currently a separate incorporated charity; donations for the project are legally received and controlled by Victor Porton’s Foundation. See About Us, Product Status, and Key Contributors for current project information.
Founding member
Victor Porton is a mathematician and software developer and a founding member of World Science DAO. The Key Contributors page links to ORCID, Google Scholar, GitHub, publications, and source documents so readers can evaluate his work directly.