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Keith Comito on the benefits of blockchain tech and decentralization in longevity research

The co-founder of Lifespan.io is harnessing the power of decentralization to support cutting-edge scientific and technological discoveries.

Keith Comito, president and founder of Lifespan.io, paid more attention to longevity before it became cooler and cooler.

"You officially started our own non-profit organization in 2014," said Comito. "At that time, few reliable researchers would be arrested because they said she was studying the aging of the population. This is still a kind of muddy water in science. Therefore, we want to follow what the promoters of cancer research have done since the early 1940s."

He said that these early supporters confirmed the most reliable research at that time and used "old-fashioned" fund-raising methods, such as Telephons, to fund their own work. They have established a grassroots entrepreneurship fitness campaign and shaped their scientific and professional skills. According to his diligence, the fight against cancer has become the first daily task of the international community. Millions of communities are fighting against this devastating disease closely related to population aging.

Comito shows that Lifespan.io has adopted a similar approach, but for all diseases related to aging. They set up a huge community to share the information of experience certificates accumulated in the pioneering development trend of longevity and other aspects, use blockchain technology to carry out crowdfunding project research, and create some "the best YouTube collaboration in this field"

"In 2017, I assisted in writing a series of the most popular script production of aging video content. This small video received the largest amount of viewing in a week after its release, reaching 14 million times in a few days. This is very large for achieving these figures six years ago, and the similar proportion is certainly stable." Keith said that the longevity research staff can publish it publicly, and do not feel guilty for his subversive and life-saving work.

Comito uses a variety of professional skills from a variety of backgrounds, including software programming, molecular biology and mathematics. He created several types of meta universe concept adjacency technology, developed mobile phone software, and widely used in HBO Now, Bat's MLB, Disney and other businesses. Even in the early stage of mobile intelligent terminals, he unexpectedly created a top data chart, Chuck Norris Joke Generator, as a mocker. Today, he is looking for a way to bring the world to the concept of the metauniverse, which can not only excite everyone, but also cure our own physical and mental health. Keith believes that the future development of Web3 coincides with the future development of other promising industries such as games and VR, and also supports the development of longevity in the future.

Shocking science

Comito said that one of the areas she has explored in recent years is the pure capital strength of cryptocurrency. In collaboration with Gitcoin and Angel's Agreement, she has deeply explored the new model of data encryption public welfare charity to provide financial support for scientific improvement. Naturally, he pointed out that many "data encryption heavyweights have been supporting the research of life span". For example, Vitalik Buterin has promoted many new longevity projects and donated cryptocurrency to charitable organizations such as SENS Research Charity Foundation. Comito said that such contacts can be traced back to the emergence of cryptocurrency - based on the strong support of the initial cryptocurrency enthusiast Hal Finney. Comito believes that whether in the investment world or in nature, the common thread is to transcend the boundary and push us towards a brighter future.

The potential of blockchain technology to promote longevity research is far beyond financing, especially at the level of blockchain technology science or "DeSci". He said: "There are many potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease, but there is no traditional income motivation. For example, it can be developed and designed through the crowdsourcing platform of distributed ledger.".

Some treatments such as flashing light effect and sound at signal frequency can treat senile dementia. Comito himself is studying this method with colleagues from Lifespan.io, aiming to carry out a first decentralized clinical study of non-drug intervention in Alzheimer's disease with the strong support of the National Institutes of Health and other governments.

Comito said: "At the level of using traditional methods to treat Alzheimer's disease, there has been a very public release failure.". "More than 100 million dollars have been spent on research, but the progress is minimal."

He pointed out that a scattered crowd found that the non-drug solution on the Internet was undoubtedly a "complete earthquake activity". Decentralized science promoted by scattered autonomous organizations (DAO) and other teams can also get rid of problems related to traditional research organizations. DAO regulation promotes clarity and rewards the main force of production, which can promote longevity research.

Comito said, "I think we should focus on the idea that organizations like FDA and NIH are thickening and anti-data encryption.". "But my personal experience is that the leaders of this organization actually want us to get out of the dilemma. Relying on blockchain technology, we can achieve strong and unquestionable medical development. At present, there will be no choice but change."

Encryption algorithm will contribute to further independent innovation in this field

Comito acknowledged that after the collapse of FTX, cryptocurrency has some cognitive problems that need to be solved. However, he believes that this is more the material of the whole market. Although it is difficult for charitable organizations to raise money now, Comito is optimistic that we will see a development full of exponential growth in the future.

"Last year, many charitable organizations gradually entered the cryptocurrency market, and now the market is particularly hot," he said. "They have drunk Kool Aid, and now it is time to establish and discover who has really achieved something interesting. When the market recovers, such projects will be in a better situation. We are creating special tools to make amazing things in the next few years."

Organizations such as Endoment and The Giving Block are laying the foundation for changes in public welfare and philanthropy. In the longevity industry, VitaDAO and the Longevity Science Charity Foundation again support top research, which can help increase our own service life and enrich our health. It is also likely to look like data encryption and blockchain technology will finally give full play at the level of simplified data exchange, which will help to extend life.

We are rapidly moving towards a world where anyone can have their own data information and store it in the medical wallet. This helps to eliminate the loose domain architecture design that countries around the world rely on paper records. On the contrary, it can speed up the good opportunity for everyone to participate in clinical research, control costs, make convenient payments to participants, limit the consumption of tourism, complete the overall goal of diversity, and thus make data information more standardized.

Comito said: "We should manage the anxiety of the method, but this is what we can do together as a group of people. For us, this is the human DAO.". "Blockchain technology is not easy to fade. It will play a leading role in the future development of a country where everyone has territorial sovereignty - not only for their currency and information, but also for their healthy life."

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