VitaDAO Longevity Hackathon 2023 Win: GeneWeavers
A case study on chaining Compute-to-Data and Multiparty Computation using Weavechain
Over the course of two weeks from January 13-22, three members from Weavechain (Zile Cao, Ioan Maldovan, and Omar ElNaggar) formed Team GeneWeavers to compete in the 2023 instantiation of the VitaDAO Hackathon. The theme this year was longevity research, and GeneWeavers built a solution on the “Modern Genomics” track to securely implement a GDPR/HIPAA-compliant Web3 marketplace to facilitate the exchange of genomics data and analysis results.
As a result, GeneWeavers won the VitaDAO special prize in “Decentralization,” taking home 1000 $VITA. Check out their product demo and final pitch below!
=== GeneWeavers Project Description ===
Historically, the only way to manage genomics data research was to centralize data collection from willing participants and trust that the data was stored/managed properly on centralized databases (re: anonymization, GDPR/HIPAA compliance). Using Web3 technology, genomics data can remain self-sovereign and hosted in a raw format by individuals, while still available to use by individuals and collectives.
Our solution will enable privacy-preserving analytics of 'Longevity Genetic Polymorphisms' on self-sovereign genomic data using Weavechain. We'll enable individuals to host their genomic data locally, and confidentially expose it using a Weavechain node. Then they'll be able to analyze their genes using such references as snpedia\Longevity, or The Ageing Gene Database. Finally, we'll enable the creation of metrics across all connected users using confidential computing to preserve individual privacy.
This technology will allow Web3 marketplaces to facilitate the secure exchange of genomics data and analysis results between participants and researchers. In doing so, GeneWeavers enables these marketplaces to handle simple direct payments using cryptocurrencies, removing the need to handle compensation in fiat (as it requires establishing expensive and cumbersome Money Transmitter licenses).
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