Pairwise: Simplifying Choices, Amplifying Voices
Open-source, off-chain voting dapp using an Elo-style system for simple, enjoyable community decision-making and project ranking with planned voter rewards and semi-anonymous options.User Review
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Reviewed on 18 Apr 2024 01:01 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
While the project Pairwise seeks to simplify community signaling for various applications, including potential use in funding and decision-making processes, it is not clear how directly it innovates scientific research itself or if it addresses the core functions of conducting and disseminating scientific research.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
Pairwise is building a technological infrastructure that could be used in a scientific research context, particularly in decision-making. However, the project's primary focus is not explicitly on scientific research, and there is insufficient information to determine whether it is being deployed specifically for scientific research contexts or is actively recruiting members of the scientific community.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
The project description of Pairwise does not explicitly address the data reproducibility crisis, publishing practices, research barriers, intellectual property issues, or public trust in science. The project focuses on voting mechanisms which, while potentially useful for governance within DeSci projects, does not directly tackle the specific issues listed in this eligibility requirement.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Based on the information provided, Pairwise appears to adhere to the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy; it does not engage in advertising, nor token or NFT sales, and it seeks funding to continue development in line with community governance, which falls within the scope of acceptable projects for Gitcoin.