Awesome DeSci

A curated list of awesome Decentralized Science (DeSci) resources, projects, articles and more.

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Contents

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

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DeSci Calendar

Find information on all DeSci past and upcoming events here

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Projects

Name	Tags	Geographical Location
Abakhus🌐	Ecosystems, Data Storage, Blockchain protocols	Latin America
Abstrakta🌐	Ecosystems, NFTs	North America
Algovera🌐	Decentralized Funding, Ecosystems, Data Storage	Europe
AntidoteDAO🌐	Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma, NFTs, Cancer	North America
AthenaDAO🌐	Focused Research, Decentralized Funding, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma, Women Reproductive Health	North America
Avano	Decentralized Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (dMRV) Systems, NFTs	Metaverse
AxonDAO🌐	Focused Research, NFTs, Phychedelics	North America
Bacalhau	Decentralized Computing, Data Storage	Metaverse
BeakerDAO
BioDAO🌐	Biopharma, Data storage	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 Genome DAO🌐	Science DeFi, Decentralized Funding, NFTs, Focused Research, Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma	North America
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
CureDAO	Biopharma, Philanthropy	Metaverse
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 Brazil	Community	America
DeSci China
DeSci Japan
DeSciLATAM
DeSci Italia
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 Protocol		Blockchain protocols, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma
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
Gene-0.eth
GenoBank	Genomics, Data Storage, NFTs
GenomesDAO🌐	Biopharma, Data Storage, NFTs	Europe
Governauts
Grassland🌐	Blockchain protocols, Science DeFi, Ecosystems	North America
Grow Your Own Cloud (GYOC)
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
Hivemapper
IberoAm		Ecosystems, Community, Philanthropy
IndyGeneUS-AI	Genomics, Data Storage,
inTheory🌐	NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Science DeFi	North America
INTLEKT Metadata Inc.
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, Commons
Liberate Science	Ecosystem, Focused Research,
Lifespan.io🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Decentralized Funding, Focused Research, NFTs, Philanthropy, Ecosystems	North America
LunCo🌐	Engineering Software, Data Storage, Ecosystems, Space Simulators	Metaverse
LYNX Technology	Data Storage
MedDAO🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Ecosystems, NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols, Science DeFi	North America
Medical.watch🌐	Ecosystems, Data Storage, Decentralized Biotech, Biopharma	North America
Metagov DAO	Focused Research, Governance
Molecule DAO		Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, NFTs, Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols
Moon DAO🌐	Science DeFi, Philanthropy, Ecosystems
New Atlantis🌐	Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Data Storage, Science DeF, Ocean Restoration	North America
Open NMN	Decentralized Funding, Biotech, R&D
OpenAccessDAO
OpSci🌐	Publishing, Ecosystems	Metaverse
Other Internet
Phage Directory
Planck
PLANT GANG🌐	NFTs, Decentralized Funding	Europe
Project Toninas
PsyDAO
Qcentroid🌐	Science DeFi, Ecosystems	Europe
Quartz Open Access
Reputable DAO🌐	Ecosystems, NFTs, Data Storage	North America
Research DAO
Research Hub🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing	Metaverse
RnDAO
Retrox🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized Funding, Data Storage	Europe
Scholar🌐	Publishing	North America
Sci 3
Scinet🌐	North America
sci2sci🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Data Storage	Europe
SciDAO🌐	Publishing, NFTs, Blockchain protocols, Science DeFi	Latin America
Science DAO
Science Fund
Scriptus App
Seeds of Science🌐	Publishing	Metaverse
Smart Contract Research Forum
TalentDAO
The DeSci Academy
The Science Commons Initiative🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Decentralized Funding, Blockchain protocols, Philanthropy	Metaverse
Therapoid by Open Therapeutics🌐	Ecosystems, Publishing, Philanthropy	Metaverse
Ultra Rare Bio
ValleyDAO🌐	Ecosystems, Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Focused Research, Decentralized Funding	Metaverse
VibeBio		Decentralized Biotech / Biopharma, Decentralized Funding, Philanthropy
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
WeedWorks🌐	Focused Research	North America

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Scientific papers

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 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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Articles

English

2022

1. Baloyan, S. DeSci - the New Web 3 Movement to Revolutionize Scientific Research & Funding
2. Brodie, J. Decentralisation is Disrupting Drug Development
3. Couvat, E. DeSci: How Can DAOs Facilitate Collaboration And Push The Open Science Movement Forward
4. DeAngelis, A. With cryptocurrency and NFTs, ‘decentralized science’ seeks to upend drug industry financing
5. Demailly, A. Introduction to DeSci
6. Ethereum Foundation Decentralized science (DeSci)
7. Hamburg, S. A Guide to DeSci, the Latest Web3 Movement
8. Jonathan S. et al. Distributed Ledger Technology for Open Scientists
9. Koepsell, D. DeSci Origin Story
10. Galea, K. AIBC Intelligence: The rise of DeSci, Blockchain and the future of Research
11. Jringo. Building Trustless Systems of Science
12. Maria Isabella. How Do Decentralized Science (DeSci) Organizations Work?
13. Nuñez-Inzunza, R. A. State of the Art: A DeSci Crypto Biome
14. Parasol, M. DeSci: Can crypto improve scientific research?
15. 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

Spanish

1. Pantaleo, P. (2022) DeSci o el futuro de la Ciencia
2. La Diaria (2022) Hacer ciencia en el mundo crypto
3. La Diaria (2022) Financiamiento cuatrático: el futuro de los bienes públicos

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Blogs

1. Molecule
2. Crypto Altruism
3. FrontierDAO

Newsletters

English

1. BowTiedBiotech

Spanish

1. DeSciReport

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Podcasts

English

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.

Spanish

1. Cinco Minutos al futuro: DeSci - Nuestro Día.
2. Publicar o Perecer: DeSci-Ciencia Descentralizada - Paideia Studio.

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YouTube

Channels

1. Cannabis Genome DAO
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

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.

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

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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