Time is right for an update about PEvO!
Since a couple of weeks, @shak is building up networks in the scientific community as well as the bigger blockchain space. His own introduction will follow soon, don't miss it!
This has lead to a couple of impressive names signaling interest, it's not far enough to disclose them yet though. Except one.
Today, we finally had our first Skype call with the author of the metastudy cited extensively in our whitepaper, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte. He loves our ideas and in the end he agreed to be an official advisor of the PEvO project!
He stated, like others before, that the main problem will be convincing researchers to switch to our platform. They are used to what they already use, and as bad as the current process is, everyone has found their ways to deal with it.
The superior technology is not enough of a reason by itself. But the Impact Points system is under heavy critique, and providing a sound alternative to that is our greatest angle. If we can provide a system through which we will be able to evaluate the quality of the work, we can provide an incentive to switch.
So what we need are people from all over the publishing process to work out what makes a contribution worth something. If you think you or someone you know would be a great match for us, please recommend!
We have some more materials as hand outs to present the project, and everyone's welcome to contribute wherever they feel they can.
Thanks for your support!