206 - Decentralized Science | Brian Armstrong & Patrick Joyce
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🗓️ 22 January 2024
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✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode:
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Science is a consensus technology. So is crypto. How can we use crypto to fix science?
We have Brian Armstrong on today to talk about this. Yes, the Brian Amstrong from Coinbase. He’s joined by his co-founder for Research Hub and scientist Patrick Joyce.
In this episode, we explore the history of science, the pitfalls of TradFi, and how we can use crypto technology to build better incentive mechanisms for a more enlightened future.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
4:00 We’re Talking About Science
12:00 Consensus Technology
23:00 The Mission of Science
28:00 Metascience
33:00 The Problem with Science Today
43:00 Bad Incentive Structures
47:30 How Crypto Can Help
50:00 Research Hub
48:30 Peer to Peer Science
1:04:00 DeSci vs TradSci
1:11:000 The SciFi Future
1:16:00 Life at Research Hub
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RESOURCES
Get Involved
https://www.researchhub.com/post/979/researchhub-raises-5m-to-help-scientists-monetize-their-research
Zuzalu DeSci Episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmWpZK95dM
Research Hub on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ResearchHub
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of Internet money and Internet finance. |
| 0:12.0 | That's what I usually say when I start these episodes, |
| 0:14.0 | but David, we're actually exploring the frontier of science today. |
| 0:18.0 | Decentralized science. |
| 0:20.0 | And I still think it applies... |
| 0:21.0 | The new frontier of science. |
| 0:22.0 | Yeah, this is a new frontier, And this is another front running of the opportunity. |
| 0:25.8 | So as usual guys, I am Ryan John Adams. I'm here with David Hoffman and we're here to help you become more |
| 0:31.7 | bankless. |
| 0:32.7 | So the episode today, science is really a consensus technology |
| 0:36.8 | at the end of the day, just like crypto. |
| 0:38.6 | The question on our minds is, can we use crypto |
| 0:41.6 | to fix science? |
| 0:42.8 | And you'll never guess who we have on the episode. |
| 0:45.3 | Brian Armstrong on the episode to talk to us about this. |
| 0:48.3 | Yes, Brian Armstrong from Coinbase. |
| 0:51.0 | He's joined by his co-founder and scientist Patrick Joyce. That's not the co-founder |
| 0:54.8 | of Coinbase. That's the co-founder of Research Hub, which is another company that Brian |
| 0:59.3 | founded, which is going to be subject matter for today. We also talk about, number one, why science |
| 1:04.5 | matters, number two, why science is broken today. Number three, how crypto can fix it, and |
| 1:10.7 | number four, what they are building over there at research hub |
| 1:13.8 | David I know you've done some D-Sai episodes in the past and put them out on bankless |
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