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Application US20180323980
Published 2018-11-08
Blockchain For Open Scientific Research
Techniques facilitating using a blockchain system that integrates the trustworthiness of the blockchain concept with open scientific research by generating a blockchain of the experiments formed, data collected, analyses performed, and results achieved are provided herein. In an example, the blockchain system can form a blockchain representing a research project, wherein the blockchain comprises a first block of research data and a second block of analysis data representing a log of an analysis performed on the research data. Summary blocks and correction blocks can also be added to the blockchain representing the post analysis of the research results. One or more of the subsequent blocks can be linked to the preceding blocks using information in block headers that can also serve to determine whether modifications to the blocks have been performed.
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- 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
generating, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a first block from a first file, wherein the first block comprises a first header and experimental data is comprised within the first file, wherein the first header further comprises a first time stamp, an identifier that identifies a source of the experimental data, and a first hash based on the experimental data; and generating, by the device, a second block based on a second file that comprises a log of an analysis performed on the experimental data, wherein the second block comprises the log of the analysis and a second header that comprises a second time stamp, a link to the first block, and a second hash based on the log of the analysis.
- 10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
forming, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a blockchain representing a research project, wherein the blockchain comprises a first block of research data, and a second block of analysis data representing a log of an analysis performed on the research data; forming, by the device, a summary block comprising a summary of the research data and summary of the analysis data; and appending, by the device, the summary block to the blockchain.
