What is Etica (ETI)?
Etica is a Desci (Decentralised Science) project. It is a blockchain for Open Source medical research without intellectual property.

ETI is the cypto-currency that is used for:
* Financing open source research
* Reward researchers for their open source contributions
* Used for voting on network proposals and get voting rewards
* It allows ETI holders to orient and guide research done on Etica Protocol
* Store of value: ETI supply will be limited by a fixed inflation of about 1% per year and it can become a store of value

What makes Etica unique?
Etica is the first blockchain for Open Source medical research without intellectual property.

How Many ETI Coins Will There be in Circulation?
It will take about 10 years to reach initial supply of 21 Million ETI, then there will be a fixed inlfation of about 1% every year to finance research.
Etica blockchain started on april 17th 2022. There was no premine nor ico. Etica launched like Bitcoin and Monero with pure mining open to everyone.

## Who Are the Founders of Etica Protocol?
Etica is a community driven project. There is no team nor entity behind Etica, nobody has specific rights over the network, Etica is a neutral protocol like Bitcoin and Monero.
The Etica whitepaper was published and sent to Satoshi Nakomoto original mailing list in October 2019 (https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2019-September/035372.html)