What academic research needs is fewer for-profit middlemen, not more, or different ones. Without incentives clearly laid out I wouldn’t contribute to another po

What academic research needs is fewer for-profit middlemen, not more, or different ones. Without incentives clearly laid out I wouldn’t contribute to another potential rent seeker looking for a de facto monopoly. The coin and the fact that Coinbase CEO is involved (the “who created this site” is very vague, but it links to a blog post by Brian Armstrong which also links back) are big red flags to me. Sorry if this sounds like a shallow dismissal.