The DeSci Journals
A decentralized scientific publishing platform offering 100% copyright for authors, simple submission, options for open or paid access, digital cooperative compensation, and publication as NFTs.Application
Applied on: 5 Aug 2024 08:35 PM
Approved
User Review
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 5 Aug 2024 09:01 PM
CollabTech project - organisations on-chain, evolution of B2B SaaS, network states tooling & DAO tooling, and future of work; projects advancing reputation, governance & decision making, operations (accounting, sales automation, inventory management, talent, etc), community, and contributor tooling!
The project, The DeSci Journals, is a decentralized scientific publishing platform that fits within the scope of CollabTech. It focuses on advancing reputation, governance & decision making, and community by providing tools for decentralized publishing and compensating authors, reviewers, and editors.
Commercial viability or perennial Public Goods: projects addressing a clear need for a specific target user and with the ability to continue to deliver value over time (financial sustainability through business model and/or immutability)
The DeSci Journals addresses a clear need in the scientific community by providing a decentralized, fair, and transparent publishing platform. Its business model includes subscription services, partnerships, transaction fees, and a marketplace for research services, indicating a potential for financial sustainability.
Maximum project development duration of 12 weeks (i.e. value delivered within 12 weeks)
The project has clearly outlined a detailed 12-week development timeline, including planning, development, testing, and deployment phases for key features like web3 login and minting papers as NFTs, ensuring value delivery within the specified duration.
Threshold: Projects must declare a “threshold” (minimum amount of funds needed to complete the project/feature/prototype and deliver value). Thoroughness in defining their threshold and feasibility (threshold within the range of match-funding available) will be key for approval into the round. Projects not able to attain the threshold (with combined donations + match funding), will not receive match funding but can still keep donations.
The project has declared a threshold of 1.5k to develop and launch version 3, including detailed plans on how the funds will be used for development, testing, and deployment, demonstrating feasibility with the match-funding range available.
General Criteria: Incomplete, poorly structured, unfeasible, or otherwise poorly conceived applications will be rejected.
The application is complete, well-structured, and clearly outlines the project's objectives, target user group, problem being addressed, commercial viability, and development timeline, demonstrating feasibility and thorough planning.