In order to address some of the issues with the present system of fundraising and asset acquisition associated with research activities this project aims to develop a decentralised and secure crowdfunding and asset management platform utilising **DLTs** (particularly employing blockchain technology)

   

• Hardhat Cconfigurations
• Accessing Blockchain Node using Infura
• Testnet Integration
• Ethers.js setup

✅  Researchers can publish their research papers along with their metadata and assets.

✅  Researchers can also set a bar on the funding needed by the research.

✅  Other researchers or readers can access the research paper and can study their research.

✅  They can also fund the research using on-chain transactions with ethereum.

✅  Other users or researchers can also purchase the assets offered by research paper owners.

• Prerequisites:
  • Install Metamask extension on chrome and create an account
  • Get rinkeby testnet ethereum from the faucet link
• Clone the repository using git clone <repo_url>
• Go to the project directory using PaperFi
• Run npm install inside the root folder of the project.
• For testnet setup, create an .env file at the root folder with the following structure:

NEXT_PUBLIC_RPC_URL="Add a valid rindekby RPC URL"
NEXT_PUBLIC_PRIVATE_KEY="Add the private key of your wallet account"
NEXT_PUBLIC_CONTRACT_ADDRESS="Add contract address here after deploying the smart contracts"

• Run npx hardhat scripts/deploy.js in the terminal
• After getting the deployed contract address update it in the .env file
• To run the local instance of frontend run npm run dev

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