Awesome DeSci

A curated list of awesome Decentralized Science (DeSci) resources, projects, articles and more. This repository is also on GOSH

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Contents

• 📅DeSci Calendar
• 🔬Projects
• 📄Scientific papers
• 💻 Software
• 📰Articles
• ✏️Blogs
• 🗞️Newsletters
• 🎙️Podcasts
• ▶️YouTube
• 💬Telegram groups
• 🛠️Jobs
• 🕮 DeSciWiki

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DeSci Calendar

Find information on all DeSci past and upcoming events and twitter spaces here

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Projects

Name	Tags	Geographical Location
Abakhus🌐	Ecosystems, Data Storage, Blockchain protocols	Latin America
Abstrakta🌐	Ecosystems, NFTs	North America
Active Inference Institute🌐	Ecosystems, Focused Research	Metaverse
Aimedis🌐	NFTs, Ecosystems, Decentralized biotech , Focused Research, Publishing, Decentralized funding, Data Storage, Decentralized Computing, Science DeFi	Middle East
Algovera🌐	Decentralized Funding, Ecosystems, Data Storage	Europe
AntidoteDAO🌐	Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma, NFTs, Cancer	North America
Ants Review🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Science DeFi, Blockchain protocols, Data Storage	Europe
AsteriskDAO	Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma, Women Reproductive Health	Europe
AthenaDAO🌐	Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma, Women Reproductive Health	North America
Atom🌐	Decentralized Funding	Metaverse
Avano	Decentralized Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (dMRV) Systems, NFTs	Metaverse
AxonDAO🌐	Focused Research, NFTs, Phychedelics	North America
Bacalhau	Decentralized Computing, Data Storage	Metaverse
BanklessDeSci	DeFi, Education, Decentralized Funding, Ecosystems, Publishing
BeakerDAO	Decentralized Funding	Metaverse
Bio.xyz	Decentralized Funding, Focused Research, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma	Metaverse
Blockchain BioPharma	Biopharma, NFTs	North America
Blockchain for Science	Ecosystems, Community	Metaverse
BlockScience	Focused Research, Software Engineering, Systems
Bloxberg🌐	Ecosystems, Blockchain protocols	Europe
Braid Science	Decentralized Publishing	Metaverse
Cannabis DAO🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized biotech , Focused Research, Decentralized funding, Blockchain protocols	Metaverse
Citaldoc	Decentralized Biopharma, Ecosystems, Telemedicine	South America
Cerebrum DAO🌐	Ecosystems, Focused Research, NFTs, Decentralized funding	Europe
ClimeCheck🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, Philanthropy, Data Storage
CRISPR DAO	Community	North America
Crowd Funded Cures🌐	Biopharma, Decentralized funding	North America
CrunchDAO🌐	Science DeFi	Metaverse
CryoDAO	Focused Research, Decentralized Funding	Metaverse
CureCoin🌐	Science DeFi, Philanthropy, Decentralized Computing, Decentralized biotech	North America
CureDAO🌐	Ecosystems, Data Storage, Publishing, Decentralized biotech , Decentralized Computing	North America
Data Driven Sci&Tech IP Marketplace by RMDS Lab🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized Funding, NFTs	North America
DATA LAKE🌐	Science DeFi, Ecosystems	Europe
Datatera🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized biotech, Biopharma, Data Storage	Europe
DB DAO🌐	Data storage
Decentralized Science	Decentralized publishing, Decentralized Identity	Europe
DeSci Africa🌐	Ecosystems, Philanthropy, Community	Africa
DeSci Asia🌐	Ecosystems, Philanthropy, Community	Asia
DeSci Brazil	Community	America
DeSci China	Community	Asia
DeSci Japan🌐	Community	Asia
DeSciLATAM 🌐	Community	Latin America
DeSci Italia	Community	Europe
DeSci Collective🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized Funding, NFTs, Focused Research, Science DeFi	Europe
DeScier		Ecosystems, Decentralized Funding, NFTs,
DeSci Foundation🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized Funding	Europe
DeSci Labs🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Blockchain protocols	Europe
DeSciWorld[🌐]	Ecosystems, Community, NFTs, Decentralized Funding	Europe
DNAVerse🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, NFTs, Science DeFi	Europe
Etica🌐	Blockchain protocols, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma	Metaverse
Emberflow🌐	Ecosystems, Focused Research, Data Storage, Blockchain protocols, Decentralized Computing	North America
First Approval🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Data Storage, Decentralized biotech	North America
Fleming Protocol		Blockchain protocols, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Science DeFi
Foresight Institute		Blockchain protocols, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Focused Research, Decentralized funding
Non-Fungible Fungi		NFTs, Focused Research, Decentralized Funding
Frontier DAO🌐	Publishing, Focused Research, NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Data Storage, Philanthropy, Aerospace	North America
GainForest🌐	Focused Research, NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Philanthropy	Europe
GenoBank	Genomics, Data Storage, NFTs
GenomicDAO🌐	Decentralized Biotech, Precision Medicine, Genomics, AI	Asia
GenomesDAO🌐	Biopharma, Data Storage, NFTs	Europe
Grassland🌐	Blockchain protocols, Science DeFi, Ecosystems	North America
Gridcoin	Blockchain protocols, Decentralized Computing	Metaverse
Grow Your Own Cloud (GYOC)	Blockchain protocols, Data Storage	Metaverse
HairDAO🌐	Science DeFi, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Focused Research, Hair loss	Metaverse
Happily Ever After🌐	Ecosystems	Asia
Health X Change🌐	Ecosystems, NFTs, Science DeFi, Philanthropy, medical data	North America
IberoAm	Community	Latin America
IndyGeneUS-AI	Genomics, Data Storage,
Innovative Bioresearch	Pharma, HIV and cancer research, DeSci DApps	Europe
inTheory🌐	NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Science DeFi	North America
IUCN - Pourini Foundation	NFTs	Europe
JennyCo 🌐	Science DeFi, Biopharma, Ecosystems	North America
JocelynDAO🌐	Scientists At Risk, Focused Research, Blockchain protocols, Review, Mentoring, Reproducibility & Safety, Ecosystems, Decentralized Funding	Middle East
Just One Giant Lab	Ecosystem, Community, Focused Research
LabDAO🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Decentralized Funding, Focused Research, NFTs, Data Storage, Blockchain protocols, Ecosystems	Metaverse
Ledgerback Digital Commons Research Cooperative)🌐	Ecosystem, Focused Research	North America
LibertasDAO🌐	Publishing	Europe
Lifespan.io🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Decentralized Funding, Focused Research, NFTs, Philanthropy, Ecosystems	North America
Lilypad🌐	Decentralized computing, Science DeFi, Ecosystems	Metaverse
LunCo🌐	Engineering Software, Data Storage, Ecosystems, Space Simulators	Metaverse
MedDAO🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Ecosystems, NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols, Science DeFi	North America
Mediblock	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Ecosystems, Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols, Science DeFi	North America
Medical.watch🌐	Ecosystems, Data Storage, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma	North America
Molecule DAO	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols	Europe
MoonDAO🌐	Science DeFi, Philanthropy, Ecosystems	Metaverse
Mushroom Protocol	DeFi, Philanthropy, Ecosystems	Metaverse
NeuraDAO	Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols, Decentralized biotech	Metaverse
Nevermined🌐	Decentralized Computing, Ecosystems, NFTs	Europe
New Atlantis🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Data Storage, Science DeF, Ocean Restoration	North America
NuNet🌐	Decentralized Computing	Europe
OpenCann🌐	Science DeFi, Focused Research, Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma	North America
OpSci🌐	Publishing, Ecosystems	Metaverse
Phage Directory	Community, Ecosystems, Focused Research	Metaverse
PLANT GANG🌐	NFTs, Decentralized Funding	Europe
Project Toninas	Focused Research, Ocean Restoration	Latin America
PsyDAO	Focused Research,Phychedelics, Decentralized Funding	Metaverse
Qcentroid🌐	Science DeFi, Ecosystems	Europe
Publed🌐	Publishing	Metaverse
Qcentroid🌐	Science DeFi, Ecosystems	Europe
Quartz	Publishing	Europe
Rejuve.AI🌐	Decentralized biotech, Ecosystems	Metaverse
ReSci Network🌐	Focused Research, Ecosystems	North America
Replicare🌐	Publishing, Blockchain protocols	Europe
Reputable DAO🌐	Ecosystems, NFTs, Data Storage	North America
Research DAO	Decentralized Funding	Metaverse
Research Hub)🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing	Metaverse
Retrox🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized Funding, Data Storage	Europe
Rymedi	Ecosystems, Decentralized biotech, Data Storage	North America
Salaries Science🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized funding, Philanthropy	Middle East
Scholar🌐	Publishing	North America
SciDex🌐	Publishing, Science DeFi, Blockchain protocols	Asia
Scinet🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized biotech , NFTs, Decentralized funding, Science DeFi	North America
sci2sci🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Data Storage	Europe
The Science DAO🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized Biotech, NFTs, Blockchain protocols, Decentralized Funding, Biopharma, Science DeFi	Metaverse
Science Fund DAO	Decentralized Funding	Europe
Scisets🌐	Publishing	Metaverse
Scriptus App	Publishing	Metaverse
Seeds of Science🌐	Publishing	Metaverse
SingularityNET	Decentralized AI, Blockchain protocols, Focused research	Metaverse
Smart Contract Research Forum	Ecosystems, Community	Metaverse
t2.world🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols, Philanthropy	Metaverse
TalentDAO	Ecosystems, Community, Publishing	Metaverse
The DeSci Academy	Ecosystems, Community	Metaverse
The Science Commons Initiative🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Blockchain protocols	Europe
Therapoid by Open Therapeutics🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Philanthropy	Metaverse
Token Engineering Labs🌐	Ecosystems, Focused Research, Science DeFi	Europe
UltraRare Bio	Ecosystems, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, NFTs	Metaverse
Uncommons-Everything about DeSci	DeSci education for Chinese community	Asia
ValleyDAO🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Focused Research, Decentralized Funding	Metaverse
VectorSpace Bioscience	Ecosystems, Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, Decentralized space research	Metaverse
VibeBio	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Decentralized Funding, Philanthropy	Metaverse
ViralCure🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Decentralized Funding, Science DeFi, NFTs	Latin America
VitaDAO🌐	Biopharma, Science DeFi, Philanthropy	Europe
Weavechain🌐	Data storage, Blockchain protocols	North America
Web3 Women in Science🌐	Focused Research, Philanthropy, Ecosystems	North America
WeedWorks🌐	Focused Research	North America

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Scientific papers

2024

Fior J. (2024) INNBC DApp, a decentralized application to permanently store biomedical data on a modern, proof-of-stake (POS), blockchain such as BNB Smart Chain. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2024 Apr 25;24(1):109. PMID: 38664792; PMCID: PMC11046759.

2023

Ding W et al (2023)Architecture and Mechanism for Decentralized Science MetaMarkets IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 5321-5330, doi: 10.1109/TSMC.2023.3266223.

Editorial The community of the DAO. Nat Biotechnol 41, 1357 (2023).

Subramanian H. (2023) [A Decentralized Marketplace for Patient-Generated Health Data: Design Science Approach] (https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e42743) J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e42743b DOI: 10.2196/42743

Teo Z.L., Tin, D.S.W. (2023) Non-fungible tokens for the management of health data. Nat Med 29, 287–288.

2022

Coelho R et al.(2022) A Blockchain-Based Architecture for Trust in Collaborative Scientific Experimentation J Grid Computing 20, 35 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10723-022-09626-x

Friedman, Daniel, Applegate-Swanson, Shaun, Choudhury, Arhan, Cordes, RJ, El Damaty, Shady, Guénin—Carlut, Avel, Knight, V. Bleu, Metelkin, Ivan, Shrivastava, Siddhant, Singh, Amit Kumar, Smékal, Jakub, Tuttle. Caleb, & Vyatkin, Alexander. (2022). An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Science: from Situated Sensemaking to the Epistemic Commons. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6872311

Jaiman V. et al. (2022). User incentives for blockchain-based data sharing platforms PLOS ONE 17(4): e0266624

Kochupillai, M., Köninger, J. (2022). Creating a Digital Marketplace for Agrobiodiversity and Plant Genetic Sequence Data: Legal and Ethical Considerations of an AI and Blockchain Based Solution. In: Williamson, H.F., Leonelli, S. (eds) Towards Responsible Plant Data Linkage: Data Challenges for Agricultural Research and Development. Springer, Cham.

Wang F. -Y. et al. (2022). The DAO to DeSci: AI for Free, Fair, and Responsibility Sensitive Sciences IEEE Intelligent Systems 37(2), 16-22

2021

Ducrée J et al.(2021) Unchaining Collective Intelligence for Science, Research, and Technology Development by Blockchain-Boosted Community Participation. Front. Blockchain 4:631648.

Mohammadipanah F, Sajedi H. Potential of blockchain approach on development and security of microbial databases. Biol Proced Online. 2021 Feb 1;23(1):3.PMID: 33517878; PMCID: PMC7847748.

Nicola J.(2021). How scientists are embracing NFTs. Nature 594, 481-482.

Ng WY et al. (2021) Blockchain applications in health care for COVID-19 and beyond: a systematic review. Lancet Digit Health. 2021 Dec;3(12):e819-e829. Epub 2021 Oct 13. PMID: 34654686; PMCID:PMC8510632.

OECD (2021). OECD Digital Education Outlook 2021: Pushing the Frontiers with Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Robots. OECD Publishing, Paris

Trovò, B., Massari, N. (2021). Ants-Review: A Privacy-Oriented Protocol for Incentivized Open Peer Reviews on Ethereum. In: , et al. Euro-Par 2020: Parallel Processing Workshops. Euro-Par 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12480. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71593-9_2

Wittek K. et al (2021). A Blockchain-Based Approach to Provenance and Reproducibility in Research Workflows. IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), 2021, pp. 1-6

2020

Hasselgren A et al. (2020) Blockchain in healthcare and health sciences-A scoping review. Int J Med Inform. 2020 Feb; 134:104040. Epub 2019 Dec 11. PMID:31865055.

Jeng W. et al. (2020). A decentralized framework for cultivating research lifecycle transparency PLOS ONE 15(11): e0241496

van der Waal MB et al.(2020)Blockchain-facilitated sharing to advance outbreak R&D. Science. May 15;368(6492):719-721.PMID: 32409465.

2019

Beinke JH, Fitte C, Teuteberg F(2019).Towards a Stakeholder-Oriented Blockchain-Based Architecture for Electronic Health Records: Design Science Research Study. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Oct 7;21(10):e13585. PMID: 31593548; PMCID: PMC6914222.

Coelho FC, Brandão A. (2019) Decentralising scientific publishing: can the blockchain improve science communication? Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2019;114:e190257. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760190257. PMID: 31432893; PMCID: PMC6701880.

Justinia T (2019) Blockchain Technologies: Opportunities for Solving Real-World Problems in Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences. Acta Inform Med. Dec;27(4):284-291. PMID: 32055097; PMCID: PMC7004292

Lieble S. et al. (2019) A Review on Blockchain Technology and Blockchain Projects Fostering Open Science. Frontiers in Blockchain 2.

2018

Ozercan HI et al.(2018) Realizing the potential of blockchain technologies in genomics.Genome Res. Sep;28(9):1255-1263. doi: 10.1101/gr.207464.116. Epub 2018 Aug 3. PMID: 30076130; PMCID: PMC6120626

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Software

Name	Description	Links

1. IP-NFT | Mint intellectual property as an NFT | GitHub Docs
2. PLEX | Run scientific workflows on decentralized compute | GitHub PyPi Docs
3. INNBC DApp | Record biomedical data on BNB Smart Chain blockchain for proof-of-authorship/validity/creation | (https://database.innovativebioresearch.com/)

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Articles

2023

1. Cumbers, J. The DeSci Movement: Will Crypto Really Solve Science's Biggest Problems?
2. Flowscience. DeSci Goes Bankless | State of the DAOs
3. Maggenis, E. et al. DeSci Landscape Analysis: Exploring Crowdfunding Effects On Project Development
4. Messari.io The Decentralized Science Ecosystem: Building a Better Research Economy
5. Rapolas The Future Of Medicine Is Tokens.
6. TalentDAO & DeSciWorld DeSci Landscape Analysis: Exploring Crowdfunding Effects On Project Development
7. Starr, J. et al. Implementing DeSci in Web3 Development: A Guide for Builders
8. Kisley, M. The Reproducibility Crisis Isn't New, But This Way of Fixing It Is

2022

1. Baloyan, S. DeSci - the New Web 3 Movement to Revolutionize Scientific Research & Funding
2. Brodie, J. Decentralisation is Disrupting Drug Development
3. Copelmayer, P. Hacer ciencia en el mundo crypto
4. Copelmayer, P. Financiamiento cuatrático: el futuro de los bienes públicos
5. Courtland, L. Catalyzing a Movement with Gitcoin Grants
6. Couvat, E. DeSci: How Can DAOs Facilitate Collaboration And Push The Open Science Movement Forward
7. DeAngelis, A. With cryptocurrency and NFTs, ‘decentralized science’ seeks to upend drug industry financing
8. Demailly, A. Introduction to DeSci
9. Ethereum Foundation Decentralized science (DeSci)
10. Hamburg, S. A Guide to DeSci, the Latest Web3 Movement
11. Starr. J et al. Distributed Ledger Technology for Open Scientists
12. Jonathan S. Building Systems of Trustless Science
13. Koepsell, D. DeSci Origin Story
14. Galea, K. AIBC Intelligence: The rise of DeSci, Blockchain and the future of Research
15. Jringo. Building Trustless Systems of Science
16. Maria Isabella. How Do Decentralized Science (DeSci) Organizations Work?
17. Mayr, P. The Emerging DeSci Stack
18. Nuñez-Inzunza, R. A. State of the Art: A DeSci Crypto Biome
19. Pantaleo, P. DeSci o el futuro de la Ciencia
20. Parasol, M. DeSci: Can crypto improve scientific research?
21. Pearl, J. A Guide to Decentralized Biotech.

2021

1. Roberts, T. Shifting Ideas to Reality
2. Stencel, A. Science and Web3: Do non-fungible tokens (NFTs) provide a way to democratise and increase scientific funding?

2019

1. Brian Armstrong. Ideas on how to improve scientific research

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Blogs

1. Molecule
2. Crypto Altruism
3. FrontierDAO
4. GenomicDAO
5. OpenCann
6. DeSci的自學之路 by Swift Evo
7. Innovative Bioresearch

Newsletters

1. BowTiedBiotech
2. DeSciReport
3. Atom
4. AthenaDAO
5. JocelynDAO

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Podcasts

1. The DeSci Podcast - Molecule.
2. UltraRare The Podcast - UltraRare Bio.
3. Every Cure For Every Community- The Podcast - VibeBio.
4. Crypto Altruism Podcast - Crypto Altruism.
5. Future of Science - DeSci Foundation.
6. Cinco Minutos al futuro: DeSci - Nuestro Día.
7. Publicar o Perecer: DeSci-Ciencia Descentralizada - Paideia Studio.

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YouTube

Channels

1. OpenCann
2. CrunchDAO
3. DeSci Labs
4. DeSciWorld
5. Foresight Institute
6. In Real Lab
7. Lady Scientist Podcast
8. Molecule
9. OpSci
10. ResearchHub
11. SCRF
12. VitaDAO
13. DeSci Foundation
14. The Science Commons Iniciative

Videos

1. What is DeSci (Decentralized Science)? - Phas3.
2. Schelling Point Bogota 2022 - Gitcoin Media.
3. Exploring DeSci Through The Lens of Public Goods and Impact DAOs - Gitcoin Media.
4. DeSci Meets ReFi: Quantifying Marine Biodiversity - Gordon Gould (New Atlantis) at IPFS Camp 2022.
5. LabDAO (DeSci, LabDAO Overview, Partnership, etc.) - Niklas Rindtorff (LabDAO) at IPFS Camp 2022.
6. ¿Qué es la ciencia descentralizada? DeSci explicado - CoinMarketCap.
7. La DeSci (Science Décentralisée) : un nouveau mouvement à haut potentiel ? - Coin Station.
8. Intro a DeSci Decentralized Science 🚀 2|9|2022 - Mujeres en Crypto.
9. Investigación y transferencia tecnológica en longevidad y ciencia descentralizada con Estéfano - Investigando la Investigación.
10. Jonathan Fior: INNBC, DeSci, and Web3 | BigONE Crypto Podcast - Fior J.

Telegram groups

1. BlockchainForScience
2. DeSci Boston
3. GR15 DeSci Founders
4. DeSci London
5. DeSciOnPolygon
6. GR15 Space Founders
7. DeSci Toronto
8. DeSci New York
9. DeSci x Gitcoin Community
10. Open Science Ecosystem
11. BanklessDeSci
12. DeSci Asia
13. Innovative Bioresearch

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Jobs

Find information on DeSci jobs listings and seeking here

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DeSciWiki

Find more information about the DeSci space here