Thread by @_boodle

#Ethereum will change the world.

Many folks realize by now that it is about to revolutionize finance, but it is much bigger than that.

I am currently an academic (PhD student). Here are some of the ways I see #Ethereum changing the communities to which I belong.
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Continue with the thread below or read the full article here:
0xboodle.substack.com/p/tokenized-th…

Intellectual property, including patents and publications, will live as #NFTs on a dedicated #Ethereum #rollup. These will be non-transferrable tokens, held in a wallet that is associated with some human identity.

Since blockchains are immutable, the hash for a given publication will act as a citable doi. This is true no matter the publication (no one can be stopped from publishing). Of course, peer reviewed publications will still carry more weight.

Scientific communities will organize as Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (#DAOs). They will govern themselves, and control a treasury which funds conferences, journal editors, reviewers, etc. Governance will be weighted toward the communities most active contributors.

Peer reviewers will be credited for their work, even if they remain anonymous. Private contributions, both reviews and private publication, will be enabled by #zkproofs.

Datasets, manuscripts, models, etc. will be stored on a distributed #IPFS network which runs in parallel to the rollup on which the publication hashes are tracked.

Funding mechanisms will accommodate private donors by locking their donations into a smart contract until a scientific proposal passes peer review. Private donations could be matched by a federally-funded pool from e.g. NSF using #QuadraticFunding as in the
@gitcoin model.

Several groups are already pushing toward a more decentralized academia, e.g. @ResearchHub, and toward funding science objectives, e.g. @vita_dao.

Still, I feel this conversation needs more attention. If you are interested, please read the full article linked above 👆

Digital ownership is not true ownership unless it is represented in a trustless way on a public blockchain. If not, digital objects can be copied and redistributed or worse, they can be transformed/distorted. IP is perhaps the most valuable form of ownership and is no exception.

Thanks to @JocelynnPearl and @danielyse_ for input 🙏

I am looking for feedback here, so if you like/hate the ideas please share 👍