USA will test blockchain in the fight against epidemics

Centers for the control and prevention of US diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC) will test blockchain technology to combat epidemics. It is reported by Coindesk.

According to the main software developer of CDC Jim Nasr, the use of blockchain will help to significantly reduce the time when collecting information about the occurrence of the disease and its distribution. According to his estimates, now months take such data, but it will take several hours with blockchain.

Coindesk recalls that in 2014 the CDC was criticized for a slow reaction to the spread of Ebola virus, which is why several infected Americans managed to freely return to the country. The department is calculated using a blockchain more quickly to respond to threats of epidemics.

Blockchain is a consistent chain of blocks with information, the distributed database, implemented in the work of the Bitcoin virtual currency, was originally called. In March, it was reported that the use of this technology is studied by the raw material trader Trafigura and Natixis Bank for transactions in the US oil market.

The world's first real trading transaction using blockchainwas held in September 2016 when delivering a batch of oil and cheese of the Irish Ornua. Thanks to the technology, the transaction took four hours instead of 7-10 days.