Bacalhau and Protocol Labs are proud to support the growth of the burgeoning Decentralized Science or “DeSci” movement. The DeSci community aims to bring the benefits of decentralized ownership models (often referred to as “Web3” technologies) to the scientific research process. Companies and DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) are forming in the community to empower new models of research ownership (IP), collaboration, and reproducibility.
Our parent organization, Protocol Labs, is helping to fund the recent Gitcoin Grants Round 15 included a specific section for supporting Decentralized Science. Each Gitcoin grants program runs for 15 days and allows donors to support a wide variety of projects via quadratic voting.
The Bacalhau project supports DeSci projects of all sizes and we are excited to see the advancements resulting from this funding round. Get started funding DeSci grants here.