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For example patients get private key, providers get public key?
Can decentralized blockchain technology like bitcoin be used to store medical information?
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The blockchain is used for more than just storage of data. To store data, all you need is a harddrive of some sort. What kind of things would you like to be able to do with this 'medical blockchain'?
I think that in general, everything medical would be considered confidential, so even if it could be stored in a blockchain, no one would want to.
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No. The cost of storing information in decentralized technologies is larger than in centralized.
That's not really true. It might cost more, and provide no benefit, but you definitely could store medical info like this. A better answer would explain the problems with the approach and how existing alternatives better suit the problem. – Nick ODell – 2014-10-02T19:19:07.023
Please give us more details about what you want to do. – Jan Moritz – 2014-10-01T23:07:55.737
I dont get your example, if you mean to encrypt the documents then use gpg, if you mean decentralized storage check out ethereum – None – 2014-10-01T21:52:46.387