{"id":19627,"date":"2025-09-23T21:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-dao-new.vporton.name\/?p=19627"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:00:21","slug":"proposed-spendings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/proposed-spendings\/","title":{"rendered":"Science DAO Proposed Spendings in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"scien-3251720370\" class=\"scien-before-content scien-entity-placement\"><style>\r\n.amazon-support-link {\r\n    display: inline-flex;\r\n    align-items: baseline;\r\n    gap: 0.3rem;\r\n    padding: 0.35rem 0.55rem;\r\n    color: inherit;\r\n    font-size: 0.88rem;\r\n    line-height: 1.2;\r\n    text-decoration: none;\r\n    opacity: 0.72;\r\n    white-space: nowrap;\r\n    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link:hover,\r\n.amazon-support-link:focus-visible {\r\n    opacity: 1;\r\n    text-decoration: underline;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link small {\r\n    font-size: 0.65rem;\r\n    opacity: 0.7;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media (max-width: 900px) {\r\n    .amazon-support-link small {\r\n        display: none;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<a class=\"amazon-support-link\"\r\n   href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=vpf04-20\"\r\n   target=\"_blank\"\r\n   rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"\r\n   aria-label=\"Shop on Amazon and support World Science DAO\">\r\n    Shop on Amazon <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span>\r\n    <small>affiliate link<\/small>\r\n<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World Science DAO is committed to openly publishing our money spending and spending strategy. Please review it before donating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Please, <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/one-time-donation\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"19044\"><strong>support this project<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funding roadmap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$1000 &#8211; prototype testing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$7000 &#8211; real research funding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$10K monthly &#8211; full-fledged research funding platform<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$50K monthly &#8211; a solid funding solution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$1M monthly &#8211; a serious project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$1T yearly &#8211; what we want<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, billions are allocated through slow committees that systematically miss unconventional breakthroughs. <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/meritocracy\/\">AIIM<\/a> has beeen built now because AI auditing and blockchain governance have finally matured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your donation helps replace biased grant committees with auditable AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Science is bottlenecked by grant committees, prestige networks, and institutional conservatism. Important discoveries are delayed or never funded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/meritocracy\/\"><strong>AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/strong><\/a> (AIIM) is a transparent, auditable system that continuously allocates scientific funding based on measurable impact, dependencies, and usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your donation helps build the first infrastructure for post-bureaucratic science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spendings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Operational spendings:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Due to bad working of the postmail (now we switch to pure electronic submissions), the tax form of our charity were not filed during 3 consecutive years and we are now Delinquent and without 501(c)3 status:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Colorado Secretary of State Filing Fee: $100<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registered Agent service for $35<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>~$80 for notarized affidavit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IRS Form 1023 (Long Form) Filing Fee: $600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project spendings: AI Internet-Meritocracy\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>~$800\/month &#8211; guarded premises for keeping secrets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$1000 &#8211; ~$15000\/month &#8211; GEO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>~$250 &#8211; office furniture and tech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IDE &#8211; about $70\/month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>automatic site translation &#8211; $19.99\/month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OpenAI for calculating user&#8217;s salaries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloud:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>VMs at <a href=\"https:\/\/fly.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fly.io<\/a> &#8211; about $10\/month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>PostgreSQL at fly.io &#8211; about $85\/month<\/s> (optimized away for the near future)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wallet management &#8211; zero in the beginning, then likely to fit $89\/month for a long time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KYC+AML: $0.57 per KYC + $0.15 every time when we again check that the user is alive + $0.07 yearly, per user<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The rest will be paid as salaries to scientists and FOSS devs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example first target fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>independent mathematics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>longevity research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>replication studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>outsider physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/\">Projects in development.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/security-measures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"21652\">Fund protection.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-15.png\" alt=\"Proposed Spendings\" class=\"wp-image-21127\" title=\"Proposed Spendings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-15.png 832w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-15-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-15-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-15-575x321.png 575w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-15-380x212.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div id=\"scien-3565085574\" class=\"scien-after-content scien-entity-placement\"><section>\r\n\r\n<h2>Support Independent Science<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Supporting independent science is not only a matter of fairness to researchers whose expertise and work are often underfunded. It is also essential for addressing <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/who-are-science-marketers\/\">systemic failures in scientific publishing<\/a> that delay discoveries and leave important results unnoticed. In science and software, even one missing component can prevent an entire system from working.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Help valuable research and open-source infrastructure move forward.<\/strong> Please <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/donation\/\">make a donation<\/a><\/strong> to support <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/amateur-scientists\/\">independent scientists<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/free-software\/\">free software developers<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n\t\tOur flagship product is <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a> - an app, that unlike universities distributes money directly to researchers and open source developers, without bureaucracy.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section><\/div><div id=\"scien-243026274\" class=\"scien-after-content-2 scien-entity-placement\"><div data-nosnippet style=\"max-width: 800px\">\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Ads:<\/p>\r\n<style>\r\n    \/* Compact Table Styling *\/\r\n    .amazon-ad-table {\r\n        width: 100%;\r\n        max-width: 800px;\r\n        border-collapse: collapse;\r\n        margin: 10px auto;\r\n        font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\r\n        border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\r\n    }\r\n    .amazon-ad-table th {\r\n        background-color: #f3f3f3;\r\n        padding: 8px;\r\n        text-align: left;\r\n        border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd;\r\n        font-size: 0.9em;\r\n    }\r\n    .amazon-ad-table td {\r\n        padding: 8px 5px;\r\n        border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\r\n        vertical-align: middle;\r\n    }\r\n    \/* Column sizing *\/\r\n    .col-image { width: 15%; 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