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Science has a problem. The incentive structures that govern research are misaligned with the pursuit of knowledge. Publication pressure rewards novel positive results over replication. Funding flows to established labs with predictable outputs. Access to research remains gated behind paywalls. Decentralized Science (DeSci) offers a path forward. What’s Broken The Publication System Academic publishing extracts value at every step. Researchers give away their work. Peer reviewers donate their time. Universities pay subscription fees to access the results....

Science is Broken The modern scientific enterprise suffers from systemic dysfunction: Publication cartels charge researchers to publish and readers to access Reproducibility crisis undermines trust in published findings Funding concentration directs resources toward safe, incremental work Credential gatekeeping excludes capable researchers without institutional affiliation These are not bugs. They are features of a system optimized for the interests of incumbents, not the advancement of knowledge. A Decentralized Alternative Decentralized Science (DeSci) applies blockchain and cryptographic primitives to scientific infrastructure:...