WBP - World's Best Publisher

The main goals of this project is to improve the quality of the scientific discourse and to improve the publishing process. As pointed out by several authors in the references the scientific publication process and the scientific discourse as a whole leaves a lot to be desired. As a response to this criticism the main argument is that although the current scientific process arrives to accurate conclusions only sometimes, it is still better than nothing. I think we can do better. If we consider all publications in today's scientific journals it can be proven that the error rate of the conclusions presented in these articles is grater than 50%. This results in a high-entropy body of knowledge that keeps progress slow and makes scientific work highly wasteful. Furthermore, apart from the high error rate the current scientific publishing system is highly centralized and restrictive, keeping most of the public out of the scientific discourse. This can only hinder progress and waste human potential. Today's publishing platforms have become bolted obsolete intermediates in the scientific discourse and better alternatives can unlock enormous value. Since scientific papers are only a particular form of intellectual property, a blockchain solution could be developed and implementer for all types of intellectual property in general. This will allow for merit-based rewords for all authors without any intermediary such as a publisher. The solution proposed here for the general problem of Intellectual Property rights protection consists in the development of a side chain that functions as an encrypted descentralysed library stored on each node in the network. The authors can sell or give access keys to their work directly to the public. A key, once purchased also gives the buyer the right to rate and comment the specific work. Fees could be collected from each transaction to cover the costs for running the network.

Road-map and milestones:

1. Finding a team of 2 developers in the fist month of the project

2. Side chain block one release in the fourth month.

3. Releasing a user -friendly app for publishing, accessing the content and reviewing within 6 months of approval.

4. On-boarding at least 10 authors in the first 12 months after the project starts.

The 280000 ADA requested will only cover the development for the first 2 milestones. Another founding round will likely be required for further development depending on the progress.

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