Introducing the ResearchHub Power User Program

Experimenting with ResearchCoin incentives for scientific content creation

live view of ResearchHub power users

The Power User program is a limited-time opportunity for early adopters of ResearchHub (RH) to earn significant quantities of ResearchCoin (RSC) and help build a dedicated social community. This program was proposed and is actively managed by volunteer ResearchHub DAO community members.

Goals of the program

• Incentivize thoughtful commentary
• Promote social interactions between users
• Showcase the RSC exchange between users

Daily tasks

All rewards can be claimed daily (each reward can be claimed only once per day. Day-to-day cutoff — midnight in GMT-4). Although you can perform those tasks every day, this does not mean that you have to (get rest, burnout is a thing!)

1. Upload a paper + leave a comment highlighting an interesting aspect of that paper. Reward — 400 RSC

• Start these comments with #interesting
• Make sure the abstract of the paper you upload is imported correctly and is tidy and complete. If not — please fix :)

2. Support another user’s comment with 100 RSC of your own. Reward 200 RSC

• Reply to the supported comment starting with #support
• This task can be done twice per day

3. Start a comment thread by posting a discussion-provoking question for one of the papers you didn’t submit. Reward 200 RSC

• Start these comments with #discussion

Total possible rewards — 800 RSC per day.

How to apply

1. Join the RH Slack using the invite link
2. Join the #power_users channel on Slack
3. Fill this form
4. Introduce yourself briefly and set up a virtual meeting with one of the moderators

How RSC is distributed

1. Power users are awarded RSC by the associated moderator
2. In time, power users can be promoted to a moderator status if they wish to take on the administering responsibilities for extra rewards

If you are interested in contributing to ResearchHub’s mission of accelerating the pace of scientific research — sign up at https://www.researchhub.com/

Special thanks goes out to Anton Lebed for all of his help designing, administering, and pushing the power user program forward.