Hey all, I’m excited to share something I’m working on.
It is a scientific research journal built on nostr. I think nostr is the perfect architecture to build something that does research publishing better than what is the standard right now.
To name a few key things I envision with this project:
1. Research accessible by anyone. Scientific knowledge should not be restricted to a select few. This is not to say that there isn’t value in expertise, but to say that there is also value in diversity of thought that can only come from those who were not educated in the same system as many experts.
2. Comments can be left to explain, criticize, suggest research ideas to a specific part of a paper using highlights.
3. Research moves faster because it is cheaper and easier to publish, and becuase more people can interact with it.

I’ve had this project in mind for quite a while, practically since I first learned about nostr. I don’t know how to code though. So this project is my first real foray into vibe coding. That being said, this project barely works when I use it, and likely won’t work when you try it. Further, it is currently a very limited version of what I believe a research journal built on nostr can be.

I am posting this, in part, as a bookmark. I have other priorities right now and will not continue working on this project at least until January. I do plan to return to it and make it something great. I really do believe in it. I hope to continue building and sharing my vision for this, and I hope to talk more with you all about it. I know many of you have some serious developer/nostr wisdom that I want to make use of.

I’ve built a client that you can access here: https://nostr-research-client-dfokevu51-carsonminors-projects.vercel.app/
It currently has a lot of papers I published while building and testing different features. Please excuse that mess.

I also built an associated relay: wss://nostr-research-relay.duckdns.org