WendyDing on Nostr: The academic monopoly chain: Researchers create → Paywalled publishing → Users ...
The academic monopoly chain:
Researchers create → Paywalled publishing → Users pay to download (including the authors themselves) → Publishers keep profiting 💸
Now even decentralized platforms like Sci-Hub are starting to introduce token-based paywalls.
🤔 Shall we build a decentralized academic publishing network on Nostr?
Published at
2025-05-31 14:40:22Event JSON
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