Decentralized science (DeSci)

Decentralized science (DeSci) is a movement that aims to build public infrastructure for funding, creating, reviewing, crediting, storing, and disseminating scientific knowledge using Web3 tools. The article says DeSci would let the public help determine funding through mechanisms such as quadratic donations or DAOs, and it argues that traditional publishing is costly, with total fees for individual papers often reaching five figures in USD. It also cites Web3 data tools such as IPFS, Arweave and Filecoin, and the dClimate project, which provides universal access to climate and weather data.