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Decentralized Research-focused Chain Built Around Openness, Trust & Fairness

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Creating a Friction-Free Future for Research

Solving the most persistent problems researchers face — with a unified, decentralized platform built together.

Funding That Works

An ecosystem that reinvests directly into research — not alternate interests.

Borderless Collaboration

Labs, DAOs, universities and researchers on one trust-based, self-operating platform.

Reputation Over Strategy

A scoring system that reflects genuine impact, not gaming of metrics.

Reliable Results

On-chain reproducibility so findings can be trusted and built upon.

Publishing Reimagined

Equipping publishers with new revenue models — without paywalling knowledge.

Built for the Next 100 Years

A self-sustaining foundation designed to outlast market cycles.

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The Platform

An open-source, self-sustaining ecosystem where collaboration is built at the core — starting with a trust-based identity system that enables cross-border research.

Inspired by the structure of a living cell: each component plays a vital role in the health of the whole organism.

Identity & Reputation System (URID)

A unified identity + reputation + wallet system. Unlike existing metrics, URID captures the full picture — including peer review, mentoring and cross-field impact.

Identity

Decentralized on/off-chain identity bridging Web 2.0 credentials to Web 3.0.

Reputation

Hybrid scoring that measures true research impact across fields.

Privacy & Security

Zero-knowledge proofs ensure data is verified without being exposed.

Authentication

Reputation-based access control across projects and nodes.

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Lab dApp — on-chain electronic lab notebook with version control and collaboration

Lab dApp

An on-chain laboratory — a Web3 Electronic Lab Notebook with version control, custodial wallets and global collaboration. Abandoned hypotheses stay on-chain so others don't repeat dead ends.

Proof of Contribution

Track and tokenize contributions from verified researchers.

Open Lab

Take a hypothesis from idea to publication collaboratively.

GLP Compliant

Meets global lab data regulations with on-chain or private storage.

Patent Tokenization

Auto-assign patent tokens based on contributions and funding.

Grant Node dApp — decentralized grant DAOs with milestone-based funding

Grant/Institution dApp

Universities, institutions and governments can spin up grant DAOs with automated milestone-based funding, decentralized governance and impact tracking.

Grant DAO

Identify, invest, automate and track the full research lifecycle.

Accredited Claims

Issue and verify credentials and research contributions on-chain.

Royalties Management

Automated distribution of IP royalties to contributors and funders.

Alternative Revenue

Monetize data, LLMs and spare compute for new institutional income.

Publisher dApp

Manage the full lifecycle of papers, data and books — with new revenue models that keep publishers relevant.

Easy Submissions

Submit from any dApp with smart-contract-based publishing costs.

Reviewer Matching

Auto-match papers to reviewers using reputation and bounties.

Subscription Management

Manage subscriptions and royalties in one place.

New Revenue Streams

Tokenized access to data for LLMs, software and AI agents.

Personal dApp

A researcher’s home base — manage your URID, connect to Labs, Publishers and Grants via role-based access. Available on browser, desktop and mobile.

Contribute & Advance

Earn tokens and reputation by contributing compute and storage.

Lab Portal

Create new projects or join existing ones seamlessly.

Manage Identity

Control who can access your personal and reputation data.

Train & Monetize

Train LLMs on your data and provide tokenized access.

DAO dApp

Like the Grant dApp with added governance — manage IP NFTs, launch tokens, track contributions and distribute dividends.

And More

Decentralized exchange, licensing portals, secondary markets and third-party dApps — all accelerating innovation.

Infrastructure

Leveraging blockchain to solve complex research problems — upgrading existing institutions and processes with decentralized computing.

Chain

A dedicated L1 chain built for researchers, institutions and publishers.

UR Token

Platform currency for governance, rewards and transactions. Earn by contributing knowledge, compute or storage.

Computation Nodes

Distributed compute for data analysis, modeling and intensive research tasks.

Storage Nodes

Decentralized storage with compute capabilities — run scripts on remote data without exposing it.

Claims & Verification

ZK-proof-based verification of research contributions and credentials.

RWA Tokens

Tokenize research equipment, IP and assets with clear ownership rights.

Custodial Wallets

Secure wallet solutions for managing digital assets on the platform.

Token Swaps

Seamless token exchange for fluid value movement between research initiatives.

And More

Third-party dApps and additional tooling on the drawing board.

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Founding Cohort

We're assembling a
founding cohort.

Universities, journals, learned societies, and grant DAOs — if you issue research credentials, fund work, or publish papers, you can issue SBTs, mint patents, and host pipelines on Unblock from day one. Founding institutions co-author the protocol's constitution.

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Issue SBTs

Mint reviewer, editor, replicator badges. Revoke them when warranted.

Run a Journal

Publication dApp inherits your editorial board, on-chain.

Fund Replication

Pay scientists to reproduce — the protocol routes the credit.

Host the Pipeline

Your members' projects flow through gated stages.

Beneficiaries

Built for the key participants in research

Better funding, fairer reputation, and tools that let you focus on advancing knowledge.

Expand investment scope with transparent, decentralized governance and tracking.

New revenue models that don't require paywalling research.

A trust layer for service providers, manufacturers and consumers of science.

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