Copernic Space
Creating an accessible blockchain marketplace for trading and financing space assets, including satellite data and stakes in space ventures, to foster a decentralized space economy.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:58 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.
Copernic Space aims to democratize access to space assets through blockchain technology which aligns with DeSci's mission of innovating scientific research by making it more inclusive and accessible.
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.
The project involves creating a decentralized marketplace for space assets which is a form of necessary technological infrastructure to enable wider participation in the space industry.
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 tackles archaic data sharing practices by providing a blockchain-based platform for secure and transparent trading of space assets, potentially addressing the data reproducibility crisis by promoting accessibility and sharing of space data.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
While the project seems to align with the specialized criteria for DeSci, there's no information provided to evaluate their compliance with the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy.