growing problem of authentication and accounting in scholarly publishing may be found in the technology behind Bitcoin the blockchain. Phil Davis writing on The Scholarly Kitchen 2016 Third-party companies have made huge profits from the work of scientists for many years, selling journals and reprints to a variety of institutions. In blockchain- powered scientific publishing, researchers would control whether or not institutions are required to pay to use their work, while making it freely available to the public and researchers alike, if they so wish. Manuel Martin is CEO and co-founder of Orvium. KILL SCI-HUB !!! KILL Publishers !!!