Introducing ResearchCoin
Aligning research incentives by rewarding all scientific contributors
GOVERNANCE
ResearchCoin can be used to vote on governance proposals put forward by the ResearchHub Foundation. And with our quadratic voting mechanism even small ResearchCoin holder can still have a meaningful voice!
UTILITY
Organize your research with the electronic lab notebook and instantly publish with a DOI straight to ResearchHub. Use your ResearchCoin to request peer reviews, literature reviews and more with the grant feature.
SUPPORT
Tip any content that you enjoyed reading on ResearchHub with ResearchCoin to show your support to the author of the paper, video or comment.
What is ResearchCoin?
ResearchCoin (RSC) is a reward token anyone can earn by sharing, curating, and discussing academic science within ResearchHub. The number of RSC earned for any given action is proportional to how users embrace open science practices and how valuable the community perceives their contribution to be.
Within ResearchHub, RSC is used to properly recognize and reward users who help create value within our community, and in doing so, bring the scientific community together.
Put your ResearchCoin to use
By holding RSC, you have the opportunity to contribute to ResearchHub's governance, utilize full platform features, and help support the work of other scientists and ResearchHub users.
Use your RSC to request peer reviews, literature reviews and more with ResearchHub's grant feature.
RSC can also be used to tip any content that you enjoyed on ResearchHub, including research papers, videos, and user comments.
Receive community funds for your own research, or post RSC grants to fuel others' scientific studies.
No more institutional gatekeepers or bureaucratic gridlock! Simply contribute directly to the research topics that matter to you most.
RSC can be used to vote on governance proposals put forward by the ResearchHub Foundation.
And with our quadratic voting mechanism, even small RSC holders can still have a meaningful voice!
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How do I get ResearchCoin?
ResearchCoin is available to everyone – whether you’re a ResearchHub user earning RSC through scientific contributions, or a web3 supporter buying RSC directly on the market.
Earn RSC by accelerating scientific research
On ResearchHub, people earn RSC by:
- Sharing research paper PDFs (as long as they do not violate any copyright)
- Commenting on and discussing scientific research
- Peer-reviewing scientific papers
- Receiving RSC tips from other users
- Developing open-source features
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Distribution
The total supply of ResearchCoin is 1,000,000,000 tokens, which can always be verified at our Token Tracker page on Etherscan. The Community has been allocated 60% of the total supply with a maximum emission of 5% per year distributed to the Community and the ResearchHub Foundation. The Community emissions will be distributed by the platform reward algorithm, while the ResearchHub Foundation will receive tokens based on a predetermined schedule.
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Foundation Treasury
The ResearchHub Foundation Treasury exists to fund the community’s chosen scientific initiatives.
Secure, Transparent Assets
All Treasury assets are safely stored on an immutable public ledger (split between the Base and Ethereum blockchains).
This means anyone is free to view and verify all Treasury funds, including where any assets are deposited from or withdrawn to.
FAQ
The emission rate will be maximum 5% per year for community emissions from the reward algorithm. Please note that this is an upper limit. In the past 24 months, there has been an underemission below the target 5%. The community can vote toward proposals to adjust the emission rate in the future.
The TGE occurred on 8/1/2020, as verifiable on Etherscan.
No, there have not been any ICOs, token sales, presales, auctions or OTC trades involving ResearchCoin. All of the RSC available has been earned by users on the ResearchHub platform or used to compensate contributors for their work.
Additional information about ResearchCoin, its utility, distribution and emission schedule can be found on our ResearchHub Docs and on the RSC Coingecko page.