Funds will be used for the development of v3 and v4 as below:

1.	Alpha version of NFT for scientific articles – 70% for blockchain developers.
1.	Web3 UX/ UI for an automated online manuscript submission – 20% for design and development.
1.	Marketing – 5% for paid promotion on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram 
1.	Promotion – 5% for short trips (gas, food, accommodation) for meetings, talks and presential events.

 More specifically:


1.	**Smart Contracts Development (v3) -** Develop and implement smart contracts that seamlessly incorporate percentage royalties into the submission and peer-review workflow. 
1.	**Smart Contracts Audit (v3) –** Audit developed and implemented smart contracts for security and bugs.
1.	**NFT paper Minting (v3) –** Develop and mint scientific papers as NFTs for the Journals within The DeSci Journals platform, creating a dynamic and market-ready repository.
1.	**Marketplace Development (v4) –** Develop a NFT paper marketplace as secondary market.
1.	**Automate Online Manuscript Submission (v4) –** Implement an automated system for online manuscript submission, streamlining the publication process.
1.	**Explore privacy ID options** - Including for instance, the utilization of technologies such as ZPK and POAPs.
1.	**Reputation -** Establish mechanisms for building author reputation within the decentralized framework.
1.	Funds will also be used for **marketing** (5%).