Multiple companies use blockchain data to assist in epidemic prevention. MiPasa receives support from IBM and the World Health Organization to participate.

As the novel coronavirus continues to worsen, global confirmed cases are approaching 700,000, with deaths surpassing 30,000. The epidemic shows no signs of abating. In light of this, many blockchain institutions and tech giants have extended a helping hand by launching data platforms built on distributed ledgers to share COVID-19 related data and assist the global fight against the epidemic.

• Building an immutable and transparent global database with blockchain
• MiPasa receives support from top tech companies and the World Health Organization

MiPasa Project

MiPasa, launched by enterprise blockchain developer Hyperledger Fabric, aims to detect COVID-19 infections and track patient movements early. Major US tech giants such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and enterprise blockchain platform Hacera are supporting and participating in this project.

According to the description on the MiPasa official website:

MiPasa provides big data on infection pathways and actual infection cases to AI processes worldwide to help monitor, predict global pandemic trends, and detect potential asymptomatic carriers.

Aid Squad

Madrid in Spain has become the most severely affected city by the outbreak, with 63% of deaths concentrated there, resulting in over 2,400 fatalities. The decentralized data sharing system GeoDB has launched the pandemic data-sharing platform Aid Squad.

The announcement stated that Aid Squad is a non-profit project developed by GeoDB to contribute to the global fight against the coronavirus. The public can "anonymously share" their symptoms through the app, and the related data will be stored on the IOTA blockchain system, publicly accessible, tamper-proof, and preserving user anonymity.

Furthermore, the system will distribute Aid Squad tokens as tokens of appreciation based on user contributions. The announcement emphasizes that these tokens are created solely for this purpose and are generated by smart contracts deployed by GeoDB on Ethereum.

IReport-Covid

The renowned public chain project Algorand, headquartered in Singapore, has launched the global open-source database IReport-Covid, dedicated to aggregating information about patients. The application collects patient experiences related to the coronavirus, including symptoms, medical care, and quarantine information, through a short survey report.

The official website stated:

The shared information will be stored on the Algorand blockchain, accessible permanently and free of charge, and cannot be modified or deleted. Even asymptomatic users are encouraged to provide data, which will be updated in real-time. We will compile relevant information as quickly as possible and build applications.

Tech against Corona

Several tech companies in the Netherlands have initiated the "Tech against Corona" project, offering free services and technical support to the government based on their expertise and strengths.

Enterprise blockchain developer Tymlez has established a transparent supply chain for medical supplies in the country, aiming to prevent profiteering from medical supplies during the outbreak.

Cybersecurity company Cyber​​sprint investigated recent malicious software attacks targeting hospitals. Traxion can help rapidly add a large number of volunteers to online systems.

Reportedly, the Tech against Corona initiative involves over 10 tech companies and continues to expand, with the goal of reaching more concrete agreements between the government and tech companies to combat the pandemic.

Blockchain Users Too Few, Aggregated Data May Have Limited Impact

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread globally, most countries have already gathered data on affected patients. Apart from the MiPasa Project, which has a more substantial use case and support from the World Health Organization, the introduction of global databases to track patients may seem less impactful.

Previously, CoreWeave, the largest US mining pool for Ethereum, planned to contribute the computing power of 6,000 GPU mining machines to Stanford University's research on the coronavirus, aiding in the analysis of the virus and potential treatments. GPU giant NVIDIA has also joined the effort. Contributing computing power to research projects seems to have more tangible significance compared to aggregating data.

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