What is ResearchCoin?
An overview of ResearchCoin (RSC)
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An overview of ResearchCoin (RSC)
Last updated
ResearchCoin (RSC) is a reward token anyone can earn by sharing, curating, and discussing academic science within ResearchHub. The number of RSC earned for any given action is proportional to how valuable the community perceives that action to be. Within ResearchHub, RSC is used to properly recognize and reward users who help create value within our community, and in doing so, bring the scientific community together.
Token name: ResearchCoin
Token symbol: RSC
Token type: ERC-20
Total supply: 1,000,000,000 RSC
Initial circulating supply: 7.5M RSC
Maximum rate at which community circulating supply will increase: 50M RSC per year
Smart contract address (ETH):
The ResearchHub Foundation has deployed ResearchCoin on to enable cheaper and faster transactions. Base is an Ethereum layer-2 network that benefits from the security of the Ethereum Mainnet, while offering significantly lower gas fees. ResearchCoin on Base is backed 1:1 by the main token on Ethereum. ResearchCoin can be moved between the two chains using apps like the .
Smart contract address (Base):
ResearchCoin empowers the people who dedicate their time & energy to building ResearchHub with additional influence over the type of content created within our community. People can use the RSC they earn to:
Incentivize content creation with RSC bounties
Tip the content they find valuable by supporting with RSC
Vote on key decisions for the community