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RE: Wherein I ramble along, trying to think about putting genomes on blockchains
I've always been impressed by the accessibility of genomic data on NCBI so I'm inclined to agree that while putting genomic data on blockchains is feasible, it may not be a great idea.
Also, rewarding scientists for submitting genomic data with blockchain could be a slippery slope because it might encourage scientists to submit billions of raw reads without proper analysis/validation thereby drowning out the better data.
Yeah, I worry about it encouraging the equivalent of 'Hi. Great job. Please vote and follow me!'