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Blockchain technology could improve the reliability of medical trials
- bduerst 10y agoMaybe I'm missing something, but neither this article or the paper discuss why blockchain is better for this use case than a distributed database. At least then you wouldn't be subject to bitcoin transaction fees for every data entry. Even if they created their own blockchain network, you'd still have to reward miners for their work.
- feelthepain 10y agoI'm no expert but the guy who was the author is a medical doctor who knows very little about programming. So I'm sure you're right -- but he just wanted to use pre-existing tech.