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After the spectacular support of CZ and Vitallic’s decentralized science (DESCI) in the last few months, the movement has been revived and is being welcomed as the next great boundary in web 3. Desci promises to democratization of research funds, increase transparency and create global open cooperation. The idea is tentalizing: a blockchain-managed change of scientific process that bypasses the disability and prejudices of the traditional, centralized funding systems.
But for all its promises, DESCI is today at a dangerous intersection, there is a danger of collapse under its own immaturity and short -term weight.
Despite some promising initiatives, such as longevity research and bio protocol’s DAO-Powered Funding for NICHE Medical Projects, the current status of Dai, unfortunately, is characterized by speculation compared to the meaningful, sustainable progress. Many projects focus on cash tombs and quick win, which are affected by attractive claims about solving complex problems within a short time. This pump is exemplary by platforms such as pumps, which reduces the development of the drug with token experiments associated with compounds.
Science does not work in this way. The process of search, especially drug growth, is a laborious, shocking expensive, and depends on the years of cooperation in institutions. Nevertheless, desci has become a playground for quick financial opportunities rather than a vehicle to pursue meaningful research.
This is not a revolution that the industry needs; This is a distraction
Even worse is that the trusts required for scientific progress and reduce reliability desi embedded in the speculative nature of risks. Crypto investor, designed for the promise of onchain science – an idea that feels future and transformative, even though the underlying mechanism is underdeveloped and underdeveloped – the patterns seen in AI and EV investment boom are being repeated. This trend symbolizes a comprehensive behavior within the Crypto community, where success is often measured by the fact that an investment “moves upward” instead of the quality or viability of the underlying project.
Like AI tokens that grow without meaningful discrimination, deski is becoming a catch-all for speculative capital. For many people, meditation is not on advancing science but to prepare a story to increase token assessment.
What is important is an understanding that is about good science
Good science is anything that improves our knowledge in a meaningful way. Right now, what is considered meaningful is what is worthy – but it is an incomplete metric. The brief answer is that good science is anything that enhances our knowledge, and the best way to do so is to expand our attitude of knowledge. Research in areas such as longevity, climate science and rare diseases give examples of what we know while offering real -world applications.
Accuracy is fundamental, yet most of the science is failing in this regard today. To be worth investing for research, it must be reliable, rigid and impressive. However, the effect cannot only be measured financially – it should reflect the real contribution to the body of scientific knowledge. It should be a major way of success, strengthening that science, in its origin, depends on the reliability. If desci is synonymous with promotion, hollow promises and speculative trade, it will never be necessary for many researchers, institutes and policy makers to succeed. This is not just a disadvantage for DESCI; This is a disadvantage for science and society as a whole.
This is not to dismiss the incredible capacity of DESCI. Dependence on market mechanisms is often postponed as the strength of DESCI, and it is easy to see why. Science is fundamentally about generating, validation and spreading information – a process that naturally align with the emerging concept of information markets. These market forecasts take advantage of decentralized equipment such as markets, quadratic financing, and transparent colleagues reviews, collecting knowledge, encouraging cooperation and allocating resources efficiently. These mechanisms can address many disabilities in traditional systems, but they are currently undeveloped or misused in DESCI, which behave more as speculative devices than engine for meaningful innovation.
For example, predictive markets can enable stakeholders to bet on the success of scientific experiments or hypotheses, collect collective intelligence to guide funds towards high-affected projects. However, their effectiveness depends on rigid, well-valid hypotheses rather than propagated speculation. If properly structured, prophecies can serve as a tool to prioritize market research that is accurate and impressive, rewarding projects that expand scientific understanding, rather than that they only attract attention We do.
In search of quadratic funding, it can increase the ground support for unconventional ideas, which can level the playground for researchers and top areas. However, to be really valuable, it must be directed to projects that increase our knowledge approach, rather than that they are only popular or economically promising. Meanwhile, a decentralized colleague review system can transform the opaque, slow and biased centralized academic publication process into a transparent, accountable and accessible. By encouraging rigor and rewarding contribution, these tools can be fully align with desi’s openness and cooperation.
The interaction of these devices within the broad structure of the web3’s information markets is where there is a true potential lie of Desci. In its best form, DESCI can be a revolution. This can lead to democratization of the research fund which is incredibly difficult, empowering marginalized voices, and can create an ecosystem where successes occur faster and benefit more people. But to feel this vision requires more than technology – it demands a change in priorities and culture. DESCI should move beyond its current determination on speculative tokens and cash-gerb projects, embracing the principles of stability, accountability and cooperation that outlines meaningful progress.
Desci is at an intersection. It can continue its current path, speculative may pursue high and risk irrationality. Or it can take a difficult but more meaningful road-one that preference matter and stability on spectacle and short-term victory. The election is to make us, but the time to work is now. Sciences deserve better, and therefore desci.
