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India’s First DeSci Platform — Onchain Research, Incentivized. 📚⚡

Warning

This is an archived version of Archyve v0.
The current version is under a complete rebuild, embracing open, onchain, and incentive-driven research publishing.


📖 What is Archyve?

Archyve started as a simple browser extension to help users access research papers via open directories — right from their browser. It offered ease, speed, and a developer-friendly way to maximize productivity.

However, we've evolved.

We're now building Archyve v1 — a permissionless, decentralized platform where:

  • Researchers own their content.
  • Contributors are incentivized on-chain.
  • Research is freely accessible, verified, and immutable.

This README reflects the original version for reference purposes only.


🛠️ What Did Archyve v0 Do?

A simple Chromium-based dev tool to quickly open academic content through Sci-Hub or known open-access directories.

🧩 Features

  • 🔗 Right-click context menu: Open any selected research paper link directly.
  • 🖱️ Icon Click: One-click access to open current tab in Sci-Hub.
  • ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + H for instant access.
  • ⚙️ Options Page:
    • Enable/disable hotkeys
    • Set your preferred Sci-Hub domain
    • Toggle icon behavior

🚫 Why We No Longer Support Sci-Hub Access

While we respect the mission of open knowledge, Sci-Hub operates in legal gray zones and is not a sustainable or compliant approach for global academic access.

Archyve's future is open, legal, and decentralized. We're transitioning toward a Web3-native infrastructure where authors can:

  • Publish verified research on-chain
  • Monetize or license their work openly
  • Build profiles and credibility as researchers

🚀 What's Coming in Archyve v1

We're in active development for:

🌐 Web3 Research Protocol

An onchain, censorship-resistant protocol where:

  • 🧑‍🔬 Researchers can build open profiles
  • 📤 Submit and verify their original research
  • 📥 Community-driven validation and review
  • 🎁 Token-based incentives for publishers and curators
  • 🔍 Public, trustless search index across verified materials

📦 Modular Features (Upcoming)

  • ⚡ Upload-to-chain flow (IPFS + smart contract metadata)
  • ✅ Zero-knowledge verification pipeline for academic legitimacy
  • 🔗 Identity linking (ORCID, Lens profiles, etc.)

Installation


🤝 Contributing

We're open to radical minds building the future of research.
Want to contribute to Archyve v2?

  • Fork the repo
  • Check the issues
  • Propose features
  • DM us if you're building something exciting

📜 License

The archived extension (v0) is under the MIT License.

The upcoming Archyve v2 will be licensed under a permissive open-source license to support its decentralized nature.


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Made with 💜 for the future of open research and memory of Aaron Swartz.

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