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  1. ResearchCoin

What is ResearchCoin?

An overview of ResearchCoin (RSC)

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.

Overview

  • 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): 0xd101dcc414f310268c37eeb4cd376ccfa507f571

ResearchCoin on Base

The ResearchHub Foundation has deployed ResearchCoin on Base 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 Superbridge.

  • Smart contract address (Base): 0xfbb75a59193a3525a8825bebe7d4b56899e2f7e1

Why include a token?

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

Last updated 20 days ago