Possibly. There's rougly two problems here: - distributing research: blockchain is useless here. Things like SciHub already solve this problem on a practical l

Possibly. There's rougly two problems here: - distributing research: blockchain is useless here. Things like SciHub already solve this problem on a practical level currently. I used SciHub regularly through my undergrad because it was so much easier to use. - tracking the "notability" of research. A blockchain might be useful here, but I think you'll have a hard time unseating the existing journals.