The problem is, who will control this information being altruistically paid for indirectly by the investors of Gridcoin? It's still going to be something with erected paywalls. It is research a Gridcoin user pays twice for. Some private interest will buy it and make the information theirs with patents. Owners collectively subsidize other groups making profit in a corporate welfare system. I feel that a blanket subsidy of corporations is a bad idea. See the Aron Swartz story. Why not subsidize the young high school graduates or the retired people?

If you want to hold a coin designed for altruism there is also solarcoin, giftcoin and devcoin.