DNA.Bits applies financial technology, in the form of thebitcoin and blockchain platform, to solve problems related to big data, HIPAA, and de-identified continuous sharing of genetic and correlated clinical data.
DNA.Bits enables access to large sets of genetic data with correlated clinical records, ongoing research aboutcurrent treatments, secure and anonymous insights into existing medical records, strong incentives for healthy people to contribute genetic data, the ability to correlate clinical records with genetic data in a de-identified system, and convenient provision of the incentives or results to the owners of the records.
The product aims to solve the inherent difficulties of bigdata collection and research, utilizing security, anonymity, and the ability to distribute messages or profits using digital wallets and cryptography.