{"id":543428,"date":"2023-01-25T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/keith-comito-on-the-benefits-of-blockchain-tech-and-decentralization-in-longevity-research\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:00:00","slug":"keith-comito-on-the-benefits-of-blockchain-tech-and-decentralization-in-longevity-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/keith-comito-on-the-benefits-of-blockchain-tech-and-decentralization-in-longevity-research\/","title":{"rendered":"# Keith Comito on the benefits of blockchain tech and decentralization in longevity research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd23306ebd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd23306ebd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/keith-comito-on-the-benefits-of-blockchain-tech-and-decentralization-in-longevity-research\/#%E2%80%9D_Keith_Comito_on_the_benefits_of_blockchain_tech_and_decentralization_in_longevity_research_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Keith Comito on the benefits of blockchain tech and decentralization in longevity research &#8220;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/keith-comito-on-the-benefits-of-blockchain-tech-and-decentralization-in-longevity-research\/#Shaking_up_science\" >Shaking up science<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/keith-comito-on-the-benefits-of-blockchain-tech-and-decentralization-in-longevity-research\/#Crypto_will_power_further_innovation_in_the_space\" >Crypto will power further innovation in the space<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Keith_Comito_on_the_benefits_of_blockchain_tech_and_decentralization_in_longevity_research_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Keith Comito on the benefits of blockchain tech and decentralization in longevity research &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy9kZDk2MDhjZWVlNDY5YTY5YTU2ZDE3MWMyNDJlMzYwYS5qcGc=.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a4050f8><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lifespan.io\/\">Lifespan.io<\/a> President and co-founder Keith Comito was into longevity before longevity was cool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started our nonprofit back in 2014,\u201d Comito said. \u201cBack then, few credible researchers would be caught dead saying they were working on aging. It was still kind of a scientific backwater. So, we wanted to emulate what the cancer research advocates did, starting in the \u201840s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said those early advocates identified the most credible research at the time and used \u201cold-school\u201d fundraising <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaches like telethons to crowdfund for their work. They built a grassroots movement and grew their scientific expertise. Through their efforts, defeating cancer is now an international priority with communities of millions of people crusading in the fight against this devastating disease that is closely linked to aging.<\/p>\n<p>Comito said Lifespan.io is taking a similar approach but for all aging-related diseases. They\u2019ve built a large community of people by sharing verified <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> about breaking developments in longevity, crowdfunding research using blockchain <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, and creating some of \u201cthe most successful <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> collaborations in the space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2017, I helped write the scripts for a popular <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of aging videos that were the highest-viewed videos the week they came out, with 14 million views within days. That was huge to hit those numbers six years ago, and the like ratio was overwhelmingly positive.\u201d This illustrated to the field, Keith said, that it was okay for longevity researchers to come out into the open and not be ashamed of their revolutionary and life-saving work.<\/p>\n<p>Comito leverages various skills honed from a diverse background, including computer programming, biology,\u00a0 and mathematics. He has invented several metaverse-adjacent technologies, developed software that has been adopted in widely-used services like HBO Now, MLB at Bat and Disney+, and even accidentally created a top-charting Chuck Norris Joke Generator as a joke back in the early days of mobile applications. Today, he\u2019s looking at ways to bring our world into the metaverse that not only excite us but also heal our minds and bodies as well. Keith sees the future of Web3 overlapping and supporting the future of longevity while tying in other hot sectors like gaming and VR.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shaking_up_science\"><\/span>Shaking up science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Comito said that one area he\u2019s spent the last few years exploring is the pure fundraising capabilities of cryptocurrency, working with organizations such as Gitcoin and Angel Protocol to brainstorm new models of crypto philanthropy to fund scientific breakthroughs. Of course, a number of \u201ccrypto heavyweights are already supporting life extension research,\u201d he says. Vitalik Buterin, for example, has supported several longevity projects, donating crypto to causes like the SENS Research Foundation. This connection goes all the way back to the birth of cryptocurrency &#8211; through the support of early cypherpunks like Hal Finney, says Comito, who theorizes the common thread is transcending boundaries, whether financial or biological, to lead humanity to a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>The potential of blockchain technology to drive longevity research goes far beyond raising money, particularly with respect to decentralized <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, or \u201cDeSci.\u201d \u201cThere are promising potential treatments for Alzheimer\u2019s which lack traditional profit motives, for example, ones that can be developed with blockchain-based crowdsourcing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Therapies like flickering lights and sounds at certain frequencies could remediate dementia. Comito himself is working on such an approach with his colleagues at Lifespan.io &#8211; aiming to launch a first-in-kind decentralized clinical trial to test non-drug interventions for Alzheimer\u2019s disease, with the blessing of government organizations like the National Institute of Health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been very public failures on the treatment of Alzheimer\u2019s with traditional approaches,\u201d Comito said. \u201cOver a trillion dollars has been spent on research, with strikingly little progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said a non-drug solution discovered by a decentralized group of people on the internet would be a \u201ccomplete earthquake.\u201d Decentralized science, powered by groups like decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), can also overcome issues associated with traditional research institutes. DAO governance promotes transparency and rewards productivity, aspects which can be instrumental in advancing longevity research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we tend to view organizations like the FDA and the NIH as being calcified and anti-crypto,\u201d Comito said. \u201cBut my experience has been that leaders of such organizations actually want us to shake things up. With the help of blockchain technology, we can achieve medical advances so powerful and undeniable that existing systems will have no choice but to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crypto_will_power_further_innovation_in_the_space\"><\/span>Crypto will power further innovation in the space<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Comito acknowledges that crypto has some perception issues to overcome in the wake of the FTX collapse. However, he sees that as more of a product of the overall market. While it is true that it\u2019s hard right now for charities to raise money, Comito is optimistic that we will see a future filled with exponential growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, a number of charities started dipping into crypto because the market was hot,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019ve drunk the Kool-Aid, and now\u2019s the time to build and find out who\u2019s truly getting something interesting done. When the market recovers, these projects will be in great shape. We\u2019re building tools to do something amazing in the next several years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizations like Endaoment and The Giving Block are laying the foundation for a philanthropic shift. In the longevity space, VitaDAO and the Longevity Science Foundation continue to fund cutting-edge research in the quest to help extend our lifespans and enrich our health. This could also look like crypto and blockchain technology eventually playing a role in streamlining data interactions\u00a0which will have a role in facilitating longevity.<\/p>\n<p>We are fast approaching a world where everyone can own their data, carrying it in their healthcare wallet. This can help eliminate bloated industry architecture that relies on paper records in so much of the world. In turn, this can accelerate opportunities for people to participate in clinical trials, reduce costs, facilitate payments to participants, limit emission-heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>, achieve diversity goals, and lead to more standardized data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConcerns have to be managed, but that is something we can do together as a crowd, which we consider a DAO of humanity,\u201d Comito said. \u201cBlockchain technology is not going away, and will have a key part to play in a future where all people will have sovereignty &#8211; not only over their currency and data but over their healthy lifespans as well.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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