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Most genomic studies begin by asking participants to upload one of the most identifying and irrevocable pieces of data they own, their DNA. I continue to investigate whether multi-party computation can offer a different model, one in which a study can pro

Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a cryptographic technique which allows computation over encrypted data. This almost magical ability to allow third parties to process information without being able to see it has the potential to greatly enhance priva

Earlier this year, Monadic DNA kicked off an experiment to demonstrate that people can access and analyze their genetic data with anonymity and privacy. Monadic DNA collected saliva samples from thirty encrypted genomics pioneers at an event in Denver. Th

Note: This is a repost of a 2016 Medium article describing the first ever financial instrument developed for the Ethereum blockchain. See our deep dive for technical details. It's still too early to tell how relevant blockchains are for finance. To get so

(Originally posted in March 2021 at https://medium.com/@vishakh/empiricism-and-scientific-change-in-judea-pearls-the-book-of-why-5e77c02a9d8b) Edit: A brief response from Prof. Pearl to this blog post may be found at https://twitter.com/yudapearl/status/1

It's been seven years since the Tezos fundraiser and six years since the launch of Tezos Mainnet. I was involved in helping launch the platform through my company and we built tools and apps to try to help grow the ecosystem. Now that Tezos is moving in a

Over the past few months, my colleagues and I have been building secure personal genomics using cutting-edge cryptographic platforms. Having already investigated MPC and ZK, we are now focusing on using fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) using Zama. Since

This past Friday, my colleagues Navi and Aryan and I presented a demo at the Rare Disease AI Hackathon organized by Research To The People and Stanford Medicine. We built a tool called the Rare Disease Navigator, which lets patients of Ehlers-Danlos Syndr