ScieNFT operates as a decentralized preprint server, enabling researchers to publish diverse scientific outputs, including articles, datasets, and artwork, as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the blockchain. This platform ensures immediate, budget-friendly, and permanent global open access to published research. Users can mint and trade their work using SCI utility tokens, fostering a new ecosystem for recognizing scientific contributions.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional scientific publishing models often involve lengthy review processes and limited avenues for researchers to directly monetize their work or ensure permanent, verifiable archiving. This can delay the dissemination of critical findings and hinder the establishment of clear ownership and provenance for research outputs.
Solution
ScieNFT operates as a decentralized preprint server, enabling researchers to publish their scientific work, including articles, datasets, and negative results, as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the blockchain. This approach facilitates immediate dissemination and provides a permanent, immutable record of research contributions. By leveraging blockchain technology, ScieNFT aims to enhance transparency, establish clear authorship, and create new opportunities for funding and rewarding scientific endeavors. The platform also supports community engagement through transparent peer review and a marketplace for trading scientific assets.
Target Audience
The primary users are academic researchers, scientists, and institutions seeking a more immediate, transparent, and potentially rewarding method for disseminating and archiving their research outputs.
Features
- Decentralized preprint server for publishing research as NFTs on the Avalanche C-Chain.
- Utilizes IPFS and Filecoin for permanent, decentralized storage of preprint data.
- Enables the minting of NFTs for various scientific content types, including articles, datasets, and presentations.
- Provides a marketplace for the trading of scientific NFTs, allowing for potential monetization.
- Integrates a utility token (SCI) for minting NFTs and community interactions.
- Supports transparent peer review processes and aims to reward community participation.
- Offers an AI-powered research assistant (SciGPT) for tasks like paper summarization and citation searching.
- Implements blockchain-based timestamping to establish verifiable proof of research anteriority and ownership.