Verified Credentials & Reputation for DeSci
Verse is a decentralized portal aiming to integrate 1,000 researchers into web3, utilizing cryptography for self-sovereign science and non-custodial wallets to fund and recognize scientific contributions.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:50 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.
The project 'Verified Credentials & Reputation for DeSci' aims to onboard open science researchers to web3 and promote self-sovereign identity through cryptography, aligning with DeSci's mission of fostering open and accessible 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.
This project is building necessary technological infrastructure such as a non-custodial web3 wallet for researchers and implementing ways to verify and credit academic activities, which supports DeSci's mission technically and educationally.
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 addresses data sharing practices, identity and reputation in scientific publishing, and potentially financial and academic barriers through its peer-to-peer approach and platform that aims to disrupt centralized control over scientific outputs.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
There is no information provided about the project's compliance with the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy; additional review of the project's adherence to this policy is required.