MedBlocks: Secured Medical Data

Slide of our mission with MedBlocks

Inspiration

We were intrigued by the lack of NFT uses in terms of ticketing/keeping hold of records. After hearing the challenge prompt, we thought the best application towards improving quality of life is through health care.

What it does

Our application prototypes using blockchains to store records of medical data.

How we built it

We simulated the blockchain using two Python classes(one python class represents the individual blocks in the blockchain and another class combines these blocks together to form a blockchain). We have a svelte UI frontend server which communicates with a Flask backend server for adding and retrieving blocks.

Challenges we ran into

Our original goal was to model storing of medical data using NFTs. To do so, we used Hedera, however there were complications with users needing to create a crypto wallet beforehand. We then chose to pivot but retain the blockchain behind NFTs.