As of 19 Sep 2026:
Transparency snapshot
- Governance: SciWard is operated under centralized administrative oversight; the former DAO arrangement is no longer active, and migration to an ICP SNS is not planned.
- Current legal/administrative controller of donations: Victor Porton’s Foundation.
- Wise balance reported on this page: $0.
- Product status: operational beta; independent validation pending.
- Detailed donations and expenditures: see the public ledger embedded below.
This snapshot summarizes the disclosures below rather than replacing them. Detailed transaction records, limitations, conflict-of-interest disclosure, product status, and repository links remain available on this page.
For journalists and editors, see the Press & Media Kit, which summarizes the current project status and links back to these primary disclosures.
The former attempt to decentralize control via a DAO did not succeed. SciWard now operates with centralized administrative oversight. Migration to an ICP SNS or another decentralized governance system is not planned.
Victor Porton’s Foundation — the nonprofit entity that currently receives and controls donations for the project. The Foundation retains legal and administrative control over donated funds. This is the current operating model, rather than a temporary arrangement pending a DAO migration.
Current bank account (Wise) balance: $0.
Current product status: operational beta; internally tested. Independent validation is still pending.
Security testing and evidence.
Here are donations and expenditures relevant to the SciWard science-funding project:
Software repository at GitHub.
Planned experiments:
- The Adversarial Testing of SciWard
- Continue testing and auditing the current Node.js/PostgreSQL implementation, including access controls, payment operations, and independent review.
Limitations:
- Currently based on off-chain Node.js/PostgreSQL code to control blockchain private keys and transfers.
- Uses “subjective” AI’s judgement to assign grant sizes.
Legal status: GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 19 November 2007
Conflict of interest: Victor Porton is the primary developer. He may also be eligible to receive funding through the developed system under the same published eligibility and evaluation rules as other users; this creates a conflict of interest that should be disclosed and independently scrutinized.
Related contingency plan: What SciWard would change if adversarial testing reveals vulnerabilities (paid independent checks, human challenges and retesting).
Related contingency plan: How SciWard would respond if adversarial testing reveals vulnerabilities (paid review, challenges and retesting).
Help Turn SciWard’s Beta into Evidence
SciWard remains experimental. The next proposed milestone is a five-month public adversarial test, with $1,000 planned for distribution to eligible funding recipients. Donations support the work required to run and evaluate that test.
Fund the public test → Test proposal → Independent review →
AI-generated evaluations can contain factual errors or biases. Public testing, auditability, and external criticism remain part of the project.
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