It is observed globally that the publishing and research community, is currently facing a lot of challenges like high publication costs; copyrights held by publishers rather than authors; long, opaque and oftentimes biased publication and peer review process; lack of rewards and recognition for reviewers; and a proliferation of low quality journals. It was as a result of these challenges that lead to the introduction of a lasting solution platform called ORVIUM. Orvium is a unique platform that creates a public, traceable, and trustworthy record of the research publication process by using cutting-edge Blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies, as well as decentralized storage and big data. The major aim of the orvium platform is to remove the inefficiencies in the market in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of scientific publishing and unfold the benefit of sciences to the public at large. With the Orvium platform, publishing of scientific publications, the prices are not manipulated by monopolist; the copyright and license are owned and can be transferred by authors. The platform allows creating of decentralized journals that require low maintenance. The platform eliminates current practices within the publishing industry regarding plagiarism, idea ownership, and registration, Orvium allows authors to retain control of their work and its potential economic benefits, publishing with optimal publication and access WEBSITE
In this platform, papers, reviews, reviewers, citations, are all stored on the Blockchain. The record of every submission is always available via the Blockchain and smart contract. The Orvium platform will be accessible through the open source and public API. The platform has a token called ORV. The token is an Ethereum based token that is compatible with the ERC20 wallet. The token is the only access to all the services that are rendered by this platform. The platform token generation event commences in the 2nd quarters of 2018. During the token sale, the currency that will be accepted is ETH. During this period, 1 ORV will be equal to 0.1 USD. To get more information about the token sale, click here. Some of the upcoming programs of the platform are red giant and supernova projects.
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