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Ridgewood NJ, DeSci, the decentralized science movement, connects the efforts within the scientific community to change how research is funded and knowledge is shared and the crypto-focused movement to shift ownership and value away from industry intermediaries. The movement aims to enhance scientific funding, unlock knowledge, eliminate reliance on intermediaries such as publishers, and increase collaboration across the field.
A growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are leveraging blockchain tools, including smart contracts and tokens, in an attempt to improve modern science. Collectively, their work has become known as the decentralized science movement, or DeSci.
Still in its infancy, DeSci lies at the intersection of two broader trends: 1) efforts within the scientific community to change how research is funded and knowledge is shared, and 2) efforts within the crypto-focused movement to shift ownership and value away from industry and government intermediaries pushing certain predetermined conclusions .
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