[ANN][ITO] Scienceroot - The first Blockchain-based Scientific Ecosystem

[VityalyaVik]

It''s a well written white paper, for example the fact that single individual or group will have control over the system, and all information will be clearly accessible to everyone, this is important, alot of icos are just lets have all the coins then see how it goes

well there is no pre mine or mining, everything is ready, they can't make more, they are saying where the money is going in a clear manner, so i'll throw in a few euros to see how it goes

I like the ideas so far! Still reading the wp

[lanangejagat]

What will be the currency purpose??

[bober182]

What will be the currency purpose??

It would take you less than 5 seconds to find out that this currency should be used to support scientists.

[AlexandruST]

where are you based, Vienna?

The organisation is based in Timisoara, Romania. I, however am living in Vienna. We are working together with people from across Europe and the USA.

[AlexandruST]

Since 2014 there is already Einsteinium (EMC2) which is a coin designed to reward science and education. EMC2 is a PoW coin without any premine and already totally decentralized, with a good capitalization, good volumes and an excellent team with an exciting roadmap. So which is the need to create now something similar, and to sell it in an ICO? Just explain it to me

While they have good volume and did support a couple science projects, they do not tackle with the main "pain" points in the current scientific landscape, which are mainly : limited access to research output, lack of collaboration and transparency between research groups, reproducibility of published research experiments and the greed of the traditional scientific publishers. In this sense our project is unique and we are using the blockchain technology at it's full potential (creating Proof of Existence for submitted manuscripts, unique ID's for researchers etc.).

If my explanation was not sufficient, I would suggest a quick read of our article here: https://medium.com/scienceroot/scienceroot-ecosystem-2e6928947a98 . Hope this satisfies your answer:) Feel free to ask anything if still unclear

Cheers,
Alex

[MrGenry]

Great, but will it be interesting for investors?

[AlexandruST]

 Here are some of the use cases:

-we will host a social media platform for researchers and students, where they can showcase their skills, search for funds, PhD positions and so on (similar to LinkedIN and ResearchGate)
-storing scientifc content on the blockchain (timestamp+proof of existence)
-scientific marketplace
-first incentivized Q&A forum for academicians, students, scientists and so on
-people will be able to crowdfund research ideas / support science with ST's
-we will market our blockchain solutions (timestamp manuscripts, proof of existence) to a industry worth more than 25 billion USD ( scholarly publishing business)

Keep in mind that whatever services we offer, we will charge in ST's

[HectorBor]

Expect many investor support your business when ICO will begin.

[Misha.point]

How is it different from research gate?

[Algrinus]

I like their long term approach. I can tell that they are not going for the early hype and then get rekt as many other projects did. It feels like a good opportunity to invest in this first round.

How about the possibility of selling all the tokens in the next round? As far as I understood, the amount raised in each round could vary, depending on the needs of the project. So would it be possible to sell the rest of your tokens in the second round at another price? Say straight 0.1 cents? Can one admin please clarify this for me?

Better plan to stick with the project at least mid term. Why are you going to purchase tokens and sell it asap??

[Onechel]

How do you plan to switch the attention from the magazine ratings to the article's quality?

[nagita slav]

is a very good idea for a business that will be done cienceroot because this is the cooperation that must be done together and the result will also be enjoyed together, and the project also runs also transparently so that all that was in it will also know for its development. I think this will work very well. Hopefully many ST will go and the results will also be great.

[Alexbzzzz]

This project has alot of potential, like that they are keeping it smooth on the down low. What a gem.

I just noticed how many meetups and conferences those guys attended. Reading through their press releases they are certainly one of the leaders in scientific publishing on the blockchain. This project is about quality, not quantity and I'm happy to support them.

All those real-life events really show the team is serious about the project!!

[Scyntech]

There already exist magazines who publish negative results, like "Results in Physics", but publishing there cost about $500 (

[Druzje]

Another big challenge is how to evaluate the scientist worth? Number of publications, citation rate can be misleading.

[rozy_cash]

How will you help scientists to get funds for research?

[Knockwill]

Just found this nice press release about your project on the business-review website.
 http://business-review.eu/makeithappen/makeithappen-meet-the-young-romanians-using-blockchain-to-disrupt-the-usd-25-bln-global-scientific-market-176803
Hope to see more of this coming your way:) Congrats!

that's awesome!!

[Zinger09]

It's very common (for example in China) to publish fake articles either with wrong data or wrong conclusions. Can you cope with that?

[icooker]

Hello everyone, is there a bounty up and running? Where can i participate?

The bounty is curently live, here`s the link to it https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4644860.0 . you can also join telegram and ask for directions if you don`t understand something

Great! I really want to support you, I have a youtube channel

[Kezan2]

Many students would be happy to join this community!