SHIVOM; Project Introduction
From the beginning of time, man has devised various means of tackling the different forms of diseases and health issues, starting from herbal medicine and improving over the years with improvement in technology, research and innovations. Man has always looked to device new means of a better quality of life.
As diseases increases over time, man to an extent has being able to combat different disease successfully and derive cures by applying technology to medicine. Development in technology shows that, through the study of genome (which means “the complete genetic information of an organism” by oxford dictionary e.g DNA) scientist can properly identify and devise a means to practically tackle almost every disease know to mankind.
What is Genomics Worth?
The cost of sequencing genome has been extremely expensive overtime, genome sequencing was once costing up to $100m per genome, which has been a challenge for gathering genome data initially during its early adoptions, but the cost has reduced drastically in recent time with the potential of reducing further.
This will lead to the increase in the number of genome donors, but there are concerns about the integrity and ownership of the data being collected. Companies that provide genomic sequencing services make a whooping sum of money by selling off the genome data that was gathered from donors, this data is sold to scientist and researchers without compensating the donors. This for sure qualifies as exploitation.
A Future With Shivom
The existence of the Blockchain has made it easy to provide solution and efficiency in different sectors. The latest in the Blockchain is SHIVOM
Shivom is a decentralized platform for the sequencing and secure storage of genomic data of donors and patients. With the recent reduction in the cost of sequencing genome, patient or donors can easily sequence their genome with Shivom in other to safely monetize their genomic data.
Shivom takes the power and exploitation away from the genome sequencing companies, and allows individuals to regain control of their most valuable data (genome). Donors also have the advantage of knowing their personal health and lifestyle genetics by making their data available.
Also, scientist and researchers can easily gain access to the genomic data they require on the Shivom platform through the use of OmiX tokens, which is the means of exchange on the platform. The scientists can then use the data to develop drugs and vaccines that can cure different forms of diseases both common and rare.
Through the use of the blockchain, the data collected from donors are completely safe and secured, as the storage is decentralized. This means that third parties cannot access the data stored except through the use of cryptographic key which can be purchased from the data owner with the OmiX tokens. The process of exchange of data for OmiX tokens is governed and monitored by smart contracts.
Shivom makes the world a healthier place to live.
ICO Structure
Shivom will start it public sale on May 3rd and end on 10th of May, where it will be offering it OmiX token to the public for sale. The OmiX token is an Ethereum based ERC20 token which will be use as the medium of exchange on the platform.
Token: OMIX
Price: 1 OMIX = 0.0930 USD
Hardcap: 35,000,000 USD
Acceptable: BTC, ETH, USD, LTC, XMR, XRP, BCH, NEO, ZEC, FIAT
Official Contacts
Website: https://shivom.io/
Telegram: https://t.me/projshivom
ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2365709.0
Whitepaper: https://shivom.io/files/Whitepaper.pdf
My Bitcointalk profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1633818