SCIENCEROOT - Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Transform the Scientific and Research Community

Researchers have to publish their work in scientific journals in order to widely disseminate their results and gain recognition in the scientific world. In order to be able to come up with ground breaking research there is need for a collaboration platform to connect with peers, with whom they can discuss ideas and find solutions. Funding and a standardized job platform are greatly needed by scientists, researchers and academics. They need a place to allow them to have an overview of funding options, a chance to apply for grants, and a way of accessing new opportunities in their field. The reason why we decided to combine Collaboration, Funding and Publishing is because they are the 3 key pillars of the scientific/research life cycle. Each researcher, scientist and academic has to go through them in order to publish, advance and disseminate their results.

Currently many of these pillars are spread out on different platforms. By combining them, Scienceroot is creating the platform which will change the scientific community for the better.

Scienceroot is a blockchain based platform that seeks to improve the scientific and research community by creating an ecosystem whereby scientific community members all around the world can gather funds, interact with one another, share and discuss their research ideas, collaborate with one another and eventually publish their research work on the efficient, intuitive and transparent platform.

Scienceroot aims to improve the scientific and research community using blockchain technology. The goal is to create an ecosystem where anyone in the scientific community around the globe will have the ability to gather funding, interact, discuss research ideas, collaborate and in the end, publish their work through a more efficient, open and transparent platform. Our scientific ecosystem will be powered by its own unique currency called Science Token (ST), which will be used to exchange funds, store articles on the blockchain, crowdfund scientific ideas, exchange services through our scientific marketplace and reward parties involved. Scienceroot will integrate all the critical functionalities needed by researchers, scientists and academics, making their day to day lives easier and allowing them to focus on maximizing their impact in the scientific world.

MISSION

The mission objective is the creation of an ecosystem tailored to the needs of the global research community. Intended to function as a centralized hub, users are able to seek out funding opportunities, interact, discuss and collaborate.

With Scienceroot’s focus on providing an intuitive, transparent and efficient platform, our very own Cryptocurrency will be integrated to infuse life into their vision.

Science Token (ST) allows you to exchange funds, submit articles to their journal, access content, and reward others for their contributions.

Compounding all critical aspects relevant to today’s knowledge worker into one easy-to-use suite, they aim to empower the global science community by rewarding those who deserve plenty.

SCIENTIFIC ECOSYSTEM

Scienceroot Collaboration

The first part of the ecosystem will be the blockchain-based collaboration platform where scientists, researchers and academics will have the opportunity to connect and collaborate with colleagues, peers, co-authors and specialists in their field. Furthermore, it will offer the possibility to ask questions, get answers and find solutions to research problems. By integrating the blockchain and the IPFS (Interplanetary File System) 1 as the underlying technology we are creating a decentralized open access collaboration platform with a unique currency to be used by users worldwide. For example, users will have the possibility to post a research problem or tip a helping colleague; by enforcing them with smart contracts we can guarantee that everyone keeps up at their end.

Funding and Jobs Platform

The second part will be the blockchain-based funding and job platform. Our target is to create a centralized portal that offers a wide list of grants from all around the world. The portal will be open to all registered users searching for national or international funding opportunities and organizations looking to recruit or market their grants to a national and international audience. This will enable scientists, researchers, and academics to more effeciently find a suitable funding option thus allowing them to focus on the scientific application itself rather than on funding details. The offered funds will be in fiat currency and our currency Science Token, while the decision on awarding them will remain with the offering organization.

Publishing Platform

While nowadays access to scientific information is being restricted due to the policy of the publishers, be it the price for accessing an article, or the rejection of papers obtaining null hypotheses, we are aiming to create a decentralized publishing framework, where scientific information may be freely shared among all beneficiaries. We believe that the liberalization of science through a decentralized publishing framework approach will boost the advancement in science in an unprecedented way. Managing to overcome the current paradigm will not only allow people to access scientific articles, allowing them to take more informed decisions based on scientific discoveries, but it will also enable scientists to have a more comprehensive overview on studies related to their work (i.e. published replication studies; published papers where the null hypothesis is not rejected). In our opinion, the first step in generating such a paradigm shift, will be through the creation of a decentralized scientific journal, where scientists may publish their results in an open access manner. We will welcome new companies which want to adopt blockchain into their platforms and will have the possibility to do this within the ecosystem. Already existing journals will have the possibility to integrate our decentralized publishing framework into their existing business models.

HOW IT WORKS

Through the Scientific Collaboration Network, users can connect with fellow peers and share their research work. They can also team up with other users and share ideas that can help them create their own science repository. Besides collaboration, users can join the incentivized Q&A forum and decentralized scientific marketplace where they can use their expertise to benefit other users and earn rewards in form of ST tokens.

The platform is equipped with a research portal that enables graduate students who might need a PhD position or a job and users who require funds for the research work to access international research grants, jobs in the world of science and funding opportunities. There is also a blockchain funding mechanism where the users could submit their proposals to the power of the crowd.

Scienceroot has a publishing platform that records all submission on the decentralized blockchain network. The platform will enable members of both the scientific and non-scientific community to publish their failed hypothesis or negative results. In doing so, other researchers can work on the hypothesis from a different perspective which will save a lot of time and resources.

The Science Token powers the whole ecosystem. The token is exchangeable at anytime and anywhere in the world. This simplifies the process investing in science in order to promote it. The tokens will has various use cases such as: accepted payment method for exchange of scientific services, contributing to projects and storing content on the blockchain network.

BENEFITS OF SCIENCEROOT

Lower Fees

First of all, they aren’t big on fees.! Driven by the idea of giving back to the community, they pass the sales revenue right back into your wallet. But reducing fees is just the beginning.

Efficient Collaboration

Let’s say you are at risk of missing a crucial deadline and need a hand with research, but from someone experienced. This is where our platform jumps into action.

First, pick an expert from our database. After you and the expert of your liking have agreed on the terms of your research agreement, you set up a smart contract on our blockchain. This smart contract has the condition to be executed once you have received a file containing the results. Following the fulfillment of the condition, the contract triggers and conducts what it has been instructed to do.

They developed this feature because they absolutely love the idea of allowing for more complex agreements between humans making use of Scienceroot, without us restricting, interfering or regulating.

Immutability

Immutability is considered crucial to ensure coherence of all publications.

Every publication on the Scienceroot platform can be tracked and its lifelong accuracy ensured. This immutability is critical for ensuring the dissemination of information over long time periods, especially in a long-term research context.

Opening Science to the Public

Users who aren’t scientists themselves but realize the potential in your showcase can instantly donate Science Tokens to your effort because of the ease of transactions made available by the Science Token cryptocurrency. This means that as a researcher you’ll be able to showcase your findings or ideas to the widest audience possible with the potential of receiving valuable donations from non-traditional sources.

TOKEN AND ICO DETAILS

There will be a limited supply of 500.000.000 Science Tokens. No further tokens will ever be created after the initial token offering. During the Token Generation Event 300.000.000 ST will be sold, yet 400.000.000 are destined for public use.

Token name: ST
Price: 1 ST = 0.04 EUR
Bonus: Available
MVP/Prototype: Available
Platform: Waves
Accepting: ETH, BTC, LTC, ZEC
Minimum: investment 100 EUR
Hard cap: 500,000 EUR
Country: Romania
Whitelist/KYC: KYC