Crypto-crowdfunded medical journal seeks to revolutionize access to scientific studies
The Journal of Global Surgery (ONE) recently made a study related to prostate cancer publicly available for free. This was done via crypto and traditional micropayments, as the organization leverages permissionless use of bitcoin cash (BCH) to tear down paywalls blocking public access to critical information.
If you’ve ever seen the Aaron Swartz documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy,” you’ll know that those who attempt to bring truth to the masses by way of openly available information often suffer grave retaliation from vested interests. Activist and Reddit co-founder Swartz met an awful fate for simply trying to eliminate paywalls to vitally useful knowledge in academic journals.
But what if the world of academic and medical…
