Transparent research funding is a model of financing scientific work in which all key financial flows, decision criteria, and accountability mechanisms are openly visible to stakeholders. This includes disclosure of […]
How Individuals Can Fund Scientific Research Directly
Direct funding of science is no longer limited to governments, universities, or venture capital. Individuals can now allocate capital directly to researchers, laboratories, and open projects 🌍. Below is a […]
What Is On-Chain Science Funding? 🔬⛓️
On-chain science funding is a model of research financing where grants, donations, governance decisions, and accountability mechanisms are executed and recorded directly on a blockchain. Instead of relying on opaque […]
What Is a Research DAO?
A Research DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) is a blockchain-based governance structure that coordinates, funds, and oversees scientific research without relying on traditional centralized institutions such as universities, government agencies, or […]
How Do DAOs Fund Scientific Research?
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) fund scientific research by combining blockchain infrastructure, collective governance, and programmable capital allocation. Unlike traditional grant systems, DAO funding is transparent, global, and community-directed. 🔬 Treasury […]
What is a science DAO?
A science DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization for science) is a blockchain-based collective that funds, governs, and coordinates scientific research using decentralized technologies. Instead of relying on traditional institutions such as […]
What Is Decentralized Science (DeSci)? 🧬⛓️
Decentralized Science (DeSci) is a movement that applies blockchain infrastructure to the funding, coordination, publication, and governance of scientific research. Its objective is to reduce reliance on centralized intermediaries—such as […]
Science Funding and Social Justice: Who Decides What Knowledge Matters?
Introduction Science funding is not merely a technical budgetary issue; it is a moral and political instrument. Decisions about which projects receive grants, which institutions are prioritized, and which communities […]
Ethical Duty to Support Innovation
Innovation is often framed as a market phenomenon—driven by venture capital, competition, and technological disruption. Yet at a deeper level, innovation is an ethical matter. The advancement of knowledge, medicine, […]
Science and Stewardship of Knowledge
Science is not merely the production of new facts. It is the stewardship of knowledge—a disciplined responsibility to generate, validate, preserve, and transmit truth across generations. 🔬📚 Stewardship implies care, […]


