Ep. 14: H.S. Students Build Delphus - A Decentralized Clinical Research Platform (Founding Team)

On September 22 and 23rd 2018, high school students- Kevin Liu (CTO), Kunal Sharda (CEO), Will Hemond (COO)won first place in a DoraHacks hackathon with Delphus which is a decentralized clinical trial management platform. This episode features the 3 inspiring co-founders of the Scintilating team. Remember to follow me on Twitter to stay up-to-date on all things healthcare/blockchain and follow me on Instagram where you can find pictures of the hackathon and the winning team. • Introduction of the team • Experience with Hackathons • How did you get interested in the research process and clinical trials? • Audit trails in clinical trials is becoming more important • Improving the clinical research documentation process • Brief mention of Scintillating’s other ideas for projects- QueCoin, LitCoin, AddictCoin • Delphus is on Ethereum Testnet • ERC721 (DELPH) is used as reputation tokens to provide proof of identity • ERC20 (COM) holders will serve as committee verifiers • Delphus governance structure is modeled off of MakerDAO and Dai • StableCoin Collateralization Ratio explained • Team’s first programming language • User experience and Internet browser compatibility • Blockchain encryption methods • Using Protonmail’s encryption library • Complying with HIPAA regulations • Team dynamics explored and the “get it done” mentality • Team Favorites – Elon Musk, Mozilla, Jeff Bezos • Scintillating company homepage: https://scintillating.us/ • Delphus platform homepage: https://delph.us • Discord channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/Xst7TR3 • Email: head@scintillating.me Blackberry has announced that it will begin to tackle one of the biggest challenges in the healthcare industry: leveraging healthcare endpoints to improve paitent outcomes while ensuring security and data privacy. And how does it expect to do that? The company will use it’s network operation center to power a decentralized digital ledger provided by ONEBIO, OneBio is Swiss based blockchain company which aims to build a peer-to-peer marketplace for biodata. Additionally, it will leverage it’s blackberry Spark communications platform to connect, protect, and manage smart devices in hospitals and clinics. For more info on this partnership, check out the episode show notes. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/blackberrys-new-blockchain-tools-could-boost-security-for-medical-iot https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2018/10/blackberry-offers-secure-sharing-data-all-healthcare-things https://www.onebio.io/