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Going to JPM and want to deep dive into DeSci?
Together with @bioprotocol, we're bringing together scientists, biotech VCs, builders, and visionary thinkers to explore the future of research.
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Our next IRL event in SF during JPM Healthcare
Conference in SF!
Join us on Jan 15th at 5pm to meet our DAOs, talk biotech, learn about the future of BIO, and much more 👇
From Science Friction to Science Finance (SciFi): A Community-Driven Revolution in Biotech
A universal truth looms over our modern era: scientific knowledge is exploding, yet life-changing treatments for crippling diseases—from Long COVID to rare diseases—remain painfully out of reach for millions.
But what if science belonged to the people?
The vision for decentralized science is a long time coming. Now, we finally have the building blocks to bring it to life.
In the post below, I explore the vision for DeSci, how biopharma works today, and how @bioprotocol aims to catalyze a bottom-up evolution of biotech funding and development.
Covered in the article:
• The Broken Biopharma System
• Andrew Lo’s “Megafund” Thesis
• Advancing Lo’s Vision into a Network of BioDAOs
• BIO Protocol in Action
• A New Golden Age of Citizen Science
Key Takeaways:
1. Science is advancing, but treatments remain inaccessible due to market inefficiencies.
2. Today biotech funding concentrates in geographies and hyper-competitive areas, neglecting crucial fields.
3. MIT Economist Andrew Lo proposed large, diversified pools of early-stage drug candidates to buffer failures, but Lo’s novel approach was limited by its top-down approach.
4. BIO Protocol borrows Lo's core insight—managing risk through broad biotech diversification—but reimagines that diversification, governance, and capital formation happening from the bottom-up.
5. BIO enables a "meta-portfolio" of 1000s of specialized BioDAOs, curated, co-funded and governed by people, instead of just institutions.
6. This puts patients, scientists, and everyday people at the helm, just like Reddit communities.
7. Patient-led BioDAOs are rapidly emerging for overlooked conditions like Long COVID, rare diseases & more.
8. These community "hive minds" leverage real-time decentralized data sharing and AI-driven decision-making.
9. By stacking DeSci solutions (via BioDAOs) under BIO’s top-level coordination (launchpad, funding, liquidity, meta-governance), pharma’s toughest challenges can be tackled in a community-driven, transparent, and continuously liquid environment.
Placing families, patients, and scientific communities at the heart of decision-making, BIO aims to “boil the ocean” of early-stage innovation.
No more leaving half the world’s brilliant ideas to rot in the Valley of Death. Instead, we’ll witness the dawn of a science unchained, unshackled from old gatekeepers and friction-laden pipelines.
Give it a read and let me know your thoughts!
Reddit is cool, but it falls short in rewarding meaningful contributions, making genuine truth-seeking a challenge. DAOs, on the other hand, introduce novel incentives for participation, attracting high-quality contributors and propelling their core missions forward more effectively.
@m_goes_distance of @bio_hacker_dao at #DeSci Summit Singapore
Join us in 2 HOURS to discuss the $BIO TGE tomorrow!
BIO team along with @ZeePrimeCap@MechanismCap will discuss:
> BIO roadmap
> New BIO launchpad design
> DeSci 2025
🔔 Set a reminder: https://t.co/ES6hjq262l
VDP-159: Bridge VITA to Solana proposal is live on @SnapshotLabs and you can vote with your $VITA tokens
This proposal seeks to expand VITA to @solana by establishing token presence and liquidity
🗳️ Read the proposal and cast your vote
https://t.co/lO0wBL7Sz2
Over the past 20 years, technological progress has largely been confined to the digital realm, the world of bits, while advancements in the physical world have stagnated.
"Instead of relying on the notion that one must have a PhD from a prestigious institution to be considered a qualified skeptic, we embrace the belief that every citizen is a scientist. Scientists, at their core, are simply individuals who ask questions in pursuit of the truth."
- @jamessinka, BIO R&D & community
@fuel_network Excited to see FUEL go live! 🚀 This is a big leap forward. Can't wait to explore what's next on this journey. 🔥 Check it out: https://t.co/MwpfhL9TQJ #FUEL#Innovation