No; using the Bitcoin blockchain to
store medical records is a terrible idea.
Yes, they are robustly distributed on each of 5,000 worldwide nodes.
But, think about that!
How's that going to work for 10 million patients' MRI records? Each MRI being a series of high res images?
That's not possible with Bitcoin - its not designed to store near that quantity of data - its not even desirable.
I don't know what the advantage of Blockchain is with healthcare, but its certainly not storing your medical records on the Bitcoin blockchain. [Standard disclaimers about predicting the future apply.]
Maybe a hash of them, so you know they aren't tampered with, or that sort of thing - but that seems like a second order problem.
Yes, they are robustly distributed on each of 5,000 worldwide nodes.
But, think about that! How's that going to work for 10 million patients' MRI records? Each MRI being a series of high res images?
That's not possible with Bitcoin - its not designed to store near that quantity of data - its not even desirable.
I don't know what the advantage of Blockchain is with healthcare, but its certainly not storing your medical records on the Bitcoin blockchain. [Standard disclaimers about predicting the future apply.]
Maybe a hash of them, so you know they aren't tampered with, or that sort of thing - but that seems like a second order problem.