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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Marvie Basilan

DeSci: Is Decentralized Science The Next Big Thing In Crypto?

In photo: Scientists work at HydRegen, based at University of Oxford Begbroke Science Park, in Kidlington. (Credit: Reuters)

KEY POINTS

  • DeSci aims to leverage blockchain to provide scientist with a more open and incentivized environment for their research
  • Neos, $DNA, $DNX, and VitaRNA are just some of the hot topics in the segment in recent weeks
  • There is concern about whether some DeSci projects can be tagged legitimate without peer review

The cryptocurrency community may have reached a "calm" state amid an ensuing market downtrend following multiple highs in November and earlier this month, but despite the laid-back atmosphere around the space, a new hot topic is making rounds across the broader blockchain industry: DeSci.

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