Welcome to the community! I agree with you that we should be seeking to bring the larger scientific community into Gridcoin. I also agree that building a treasury system and a means to distribute the funds raised by that treasury are critical to sustained and long-term growth. Personally, I do not believe that a masternode system like Dash is the answer.
I do however, believe there are answers. I agree with @Hotbit and @roboticmind that we must build them. I invite you to take a look at the two initiatives I have begun and will be contributing to as I find more time in the approaching days and weeks. I also invite you to contribute your skills and knowledge to the endeavor!
Raising Treasury Funds (along with non-treasury funds)
Releasing Treasury Funds
I also encourage you to keep an eye out for an updated Gridcoin whitepaper which discussed a Gridcoin Grant system intended to fund researchers and scientists (with any luck... and some help with development!).
Note: I have self-upvoted my comment only to get it above the introduction post
At this particular moment, I've just started looking into the GridCoin code, it would take a while, but I'm ready to contribute from ideological point of view, being a part of research community (physical-chemistry domain) I know some weak point of modern science, and what is more important I have many colleagues to discuss issues related to GridCoin development.
I would love to get your feedback on a whitepaper under development -- it is mostly ideological -- would you be open to joining us on slack or discord?
I am ready to join. What is the channel on slack and where I can send my email so you can invite me?
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