SIMPLE, SECURE, COLLABORATIVE
Learn how BioCoin works and how you can participate in the future of biological data collaboration.
How BioCoin Works
A step-by-step guide to participating in the BioCoin ecosystem
BioCoin integrates with leading consumer microbiome testing companies through secure connections.
- Link existing test results from partner companies
- Order a compatible test through our platform at preferred pricing
- Upload raw data files from supported testing services
- Import historical test results to establish your baseline
Once your data is processed, our technology analyzes your microbiome profile.
- Performs quality assessment to ensure data validity
- Analyzes hundreds of features from your microbiome profile
- Applies our evaluation model to determine scientific value
- Identifies any patterns of particular research interest
- Calculates your contribution recognition
BioCoin puts you in complete control of how your data is used.
- Detailed permission settings for different data elements
- Research category filters (e.g., academic, nutrition)
- Specific project opt-in/opt-out options
- Time-limited access grants
- Purpose-specific authorizations
Opt into our collaborative framework where your anonymized microbiome profile contributes to scientific understanding.
- Your anonymized microbiome profile contributes to scientific understanding
- Adaptive challenges help identify beneficial patterns
- Contributors receive community recognition
- Valuable insights gain research priority
- Unique patterns can be highlighted for scientific interest
The BioCoin platform distributes tokens through multiple contribution mechanisms.
- Initial data contribution recognition
- Research advancement acknowledgment
- Quality-based allocations
- Longitudinal data incentives
- Community participation recognition
Your BioCoin tokens provide multiple participation options.
- Access premium health insights and analysis tools
- Participate in governance votes on platform development
- Purchase discounted follow-up microbiome tests
- Support research initiatives that interest you
- Access health and wellness resources from ecosystem partners
YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL
BioCoin was designed from the ground up with privacy, security, and regulatory compliance as core principles.
- Collection limited to scientifically relevant information
- Separation of identifying information from biological data
- Aggregate analysis wherever possible
- Purpose-specific data access
- Advanced techniques to separate identifiers from data
- End-to-end encryption for all data
- Zero trust network architecture
- Regular penetration testing
- Independent security audits
- Multi-factor authentication
- Comprehensive access logging
- GDPR compliance for European users
- CCPA/CPRA alignment for California residents
- HIPAA-aligned security measures
- Jurisdiction-specific data handling protocols
- Regular compliance assessments
- Transparent documentation of all processes
- Granular, purpose-specific consent options
- Clear explanation of all data uses
- Time-limited authorizations
- One-click consent revocation
- Historical consent audit trail
- Zero-knowledge verification capabilities
Join the BioCoin Revolution
Be among the first to access the platform when it launches. Early participants will have the opportunity to help shape platform development and join us in pioneering the future of collaborative biological research.