ResearchHub is a modern web and mobile platform for the open discourse and discussion around science with the underlying mission of accelerating the pace of scientific research.

We believe this is needed now more than ever. ResearchHub’s community, which governs via the ResearchCoin (RSC) token, is a global collective of individuals helping bring the mission of ResearchHub to reality. We believe open discourse is one crucial pillar towards this mission. The ResearchHub community, through this governance framework, can vote on crucial decisions which help govern the ResearchHub Foundation, and now for the first time a governance proposal directly impacting the ResearchHub Platform.

“RIP-13) ResearchHub Reward Algorithm Adjustment” Governance Vote.

ResearchHub Improvement Proposal (RIP)-13: ResearchHub Reward Algorithm Adjustment, provides the impetus for holders of a decentralized token, RSC, to govern aspects of the ResearchHub platform. In this case, by proposing to adjust the reward algorithm, from 0.5% to 2% RSC yearly, with the intent to enhance the incentives distributed to scientific content creators. The motivation is to further reward users for uploads, discussions and scientific content creation in the open! In order to maximize how democratic the decision-making process, the ResearchHub Foundation employs “Quadratic Voting” on proposals, ultimately allowing those with smaller numbers of tokens to maintain a meaningful weight for their votes.

Evidence based iteration on the reputation algorithm

The proposal, RIP-13, is a request to increase the amount of RSC rewards distributed to users of the ResearchHub platform from 0.5% to 2% yearly. Contingent upon approval of the governance proposal, there will be a 3-month retrospective analysis on the impact of this reward algorithm modification on the quality of the ResearchHub ecosystem. This will help provide quantitative metrics for the community to base future votes around the reward algorithm.

User driven change

Open discussion and communication around science is necessary, and having a platform where the community can play a direct role in the implementation of how to reward these open discussions is just as important. This vote provides a unique opportunity where the users of ResearchHub can govern how the platform, that they themselves use, judges and rewards the scientific outputs on the platform. Science, and its outputs, impact every single individual, and so lets have individuals have a voice and more substantially reward them for what the community deems to be quality and impactful.

Collectable NFT: Community Governors NFT to commemorate the RIP-13 governance proposal