Six stops from an empty browser to a permanent, portable research record, with video for every step that needs one. No prior blockchain experience is assumed at any point.
Under a minute on the problem the platform was built for, and what today’s research collaboration actually costs the people doing the work.
Or skip to the walkthrough ↓Install MetaMask in your browser and connect it to the Arbitrum network. This is the only piece of software you need, and it takes about five minutes.
Watch the three setup videosAdd your name, institution, field and publications. This becomes your on-chain identity — the thing every future contribution is attributed to.
Give the project a title, a description and a set of milestones, and define how equity is split between collaborators. Submission costs a small network fee in ETH.
Post open roles, review applicants and their CVs, and send equity offers as smart contracts. Existing stakeholders vote each new collaborator in.
Upload hashes of datasets, protocols and completed milestones as you go. The raw files never leave your institution — only the digest is written to the chain.
Every contribution, vote and completed milestone is permanently attributed to you and recognised with a Soulbound Token. The record travels with you between institutions.
A one-time setup, about ten minutes end to end. Follow along with the videos; nothing here assumes you have used a blockchain before.
Installing the browser extension and securing your recovery phrase.
Pointing MetaMask at the network DimenChain runs on.
Getting the tokens you need to sign your first transaction.
Recorded on Arbitrum Sepolia, the test network. The steps are identical on the live network.
The complete platform end to end: publishing a project, bringing collaborators in under contract, and building a record that travels with you.
From here the record keeps building on its own: every milestone, vote and contribution is attributed as it happens.
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