Scientific publication industry is one of the most profitable business. However, the economic model is deemed to be inefficient.

1. Governments fund scientific researches.
2. Scientists review the work and get paid by the government.
3. Publishers sell the product back to the governments.

A brief look at this model tells us that the publishers are the ones that make the most profit. Other known issues are high publication cost, copyrights, lack of transparency and biased publications.

Orvium

Orvium aims to be the leading platform for scientific researches that could benefit the community and society by increasing the efficiency and improving the quality of publications using the blockchain technology. Smart contacts, decentralized storage, big data analytics and cloud computing will be integrated into the platform. The publication model on Orvium platform will be designed in a way that it:

1. Allows anyone to submit a manuscript and create a public proof-of-existence and authorship.
2. Allows the community to conduct peer review on the manuscript.
3. Allows sharing of published data with the community.
4. Allows instantaneous publication of any material.
5. Allows the community to create and manage customized journals.
6. Rewards peer reviewers and authors.
7. Protects the authors’ copyright.
8. Lowers down publication cost by eliminating the monopolies.
9. Enables the traceability of any activity that is associated with a given document; reviews, revisions, copyright and license.

The ORV Token

The ORV token, which is an ERC-20 type token that is generated on the Ethereum blockchain, will be used to fuel the platform for:

1. Staking a manuscript to encourage the community to make reviews and rewarding the reviewers.
2. Staking a challenge to the community to solve scientific problems and rewarding the community for coming up with solutions.
3. Accessing any paid content which will be then paid directly to the authors.

All transactions within the Orvium platform will be verified using smart contracts.

Project Roadmap

Phase 0 - Nebula

• Goals:
– Idea conception and development
– Assemble team
– White paper creation
– Incorporate company and legal framework definition
– Establish collaboration frameworks for partners
– Functional prototype (Web interface, API, smart contracts)
– Marketing campaign
– Token Generation Event:
• Creation and public audit of Token Generation Event smart
contracts
• Timeline: 2017 Q1 to 2018 Q1

Phase 1 - Red Giant

• Goals:
– Token Generation Event:
• Launch
• End of sale report publication
• Independent audit of fund disbursement
– Talent finding and recruitment
– Platform:
• User identification
• Paper submission
• Peer review
• Timeline: 2018 Q2 to Q3

Phase 2 - Supernova

• Goals:
– Platform:
• Platform first public release
• Bug bounty program
• Decentralized journals management
• Licenses and Copyrights
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Develop research institution collaboration program
• Develop grant R&D program
• Timeline: 2018 Q4 to 2019 Q1

Phase 3 - White Dwarf

• Goal:
– Platform:
• Platform second public release
• Patronage
• Funding campaigns
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Establish agreements with universities and research organizations to incentivize the Orvium publication model
• Launch grant R&D program
• Timeline: 2019 Q2 to Q3

Phase 4 - Neutron Star

• Goal:
– Platform:
• Integrate big data analytics
• Release first fully functional Orvium platform
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Patronage of research lines in collaboration with institutions
• Timeline: 2019 Q4

Phase 5 - Pulsar

• Goal:
– Platform:
• Launch Orvium 1.0
• Fine tune the operational efficiency
• Adiabatic and continuous integration of the R&D results to the Orvium platform
– Market capture and expansion of the business model
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Enhance collaboration programmes and frameworks
• Timeline: 2020 Q1

Token Sale

Orvium is expected to do the token within Q3 2018. Further details to be announced. If you wish to get more information regarding this project, please visit these channels.

Website: https://orvium.io/
Telegram: https://t.me/orvium
Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3565166