Funding Science with Science: Cryptocurrency and Independent Academic Research Funding

IF 0.6 Q4 ECONOMICS
Ledger Pub Date : 2017-12-18 DOI:10.5195/LEDGER.2017.108
E. Lehner, D. Hunzeker, John R. Ziegler
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Abstract

Scientific funding within the academy is an often complicated affair involving disparate and competing interests. Private universities, for instance, are vastly outpacing public institutions in garnering large, prestigious, science-related grants and external research investment. Inequities also extend to the types of research funded, with government, corporate, and even military interests privileging certain types of inquiry. This article proposes an innovative type of science research fund using cryptocurrencies, a fast-growing asset class. Although not a total funding solution, staking coins, specifically, can be strategically invested in to yield compound interest. These coins use masternode technologies to collateralize the network and speed transaction pace and may pay dividends to masternode holders, allowing institutions that purchase these types of central hubs to potentially engage in a lucrative form of dividend reinvestment. Using cryptocurrencies as a new funding stream may garner large amounts of capital and creation of nonprofit institutes to support the future of funding scientific research within educational institutions.
用科学资助科学:加密货币和独立学术研究资助
学院内部的科学资助往往是一件复杂的事情,涉及不同和相互竞争的利益。例如,私立大学在获得大量、有声望的科学相关拨款和外部研究投资方面远远超过了公立大学。不公平也延伸到资助的研究类型,政府、企业甚至军事利益集团对某些类型的调查享有特权。本文提出了一种使用加密货币的创新型科学研究基金,加密货币是一种快速增长的资产类别。虽然不是一个全面的资金解决方案,但特别是,可以战略性地投资于质押硬币以产生复利。这些硬币使用主节点技术为网络提供担保,加快交易速度,并可能向主节点持有人支付股息,使购买这些类型的中央枢纽的机构有可能进行利润丰厚的股息再投资。使用加密货币作为新的资金流可能会获得大量资本,并创建非营利机构,以支持未来在教育机构内资助科学研究。
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Ledger
Ledger Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
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