The organizations and sectors that make up the DeSci space.
INTRODUCTION
What is decentralized science (DeSci)?
DeSciWorld is a community-driven initiative aiming to facilitate the on-boarding of people into the decentralized science (DeSci) space. By providing a suite of products and services that engage and empower would be DeScientists, we will support a second renaissance of science that is inclusive to all, including those peoples and ideas previously left “on the outside” due to economic, social or cultural barriers within academia.
DeSci aims to create an ecosystem where scientists are incentivized to openly share their research and receive credit for their work while allowing anyone to access and contribute to the research easily. DeSci works off the idea that scientific knowledge should be accessible to everyone and that the process of scientific research should be transparent. DeSci is creating a more decentralized and distributed scientific research model, making it more resistant to censorship and control by central authorities. DeSci hopes to create an environment where new and unconventional ideas can flourish by decentralizing access to funding, scientific tools, and communication channels.
Decentralized science allows for more diverse funding sources (from DAOs, quadratic donations to crowdfunding and more), more accessible data and methods, and by providing incentives for reproducibility.
