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Peer Review as Structured Commentary: Immutable Identity, Public Dialogue, and Reproducible Scholarship

Published: June 25, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2506.22497v1

By: Craig Steven Wright

Potential Business Impact:

Makes science ideas better with open feedback.

This paper reconceptualises peer review as structured public commentary. Traditional academic validation is hindered by anonymity, latency, and gatekeeping. We propose a transparent, identity-linked, and reproducible system of scholarly evaluation anchored in open commentary. Leveraging blockchain for immutable audit trails and AI for iterative synthesis, we design a framework that incentivises intellectual contribution, captures epistemic evolution, and enables traceable reputational dynamics. This model empowers fields from computational science to the humanities, reframing academic knowledge as a living process rather than a static credential.

Page Count
66 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Computers and Society