A team based in Madrid, one of the epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, has released an Iota Tango platform that helps combat the coronavirus.

AidSquad

GeoDB is a decentralized peer-to-peer large data sharing ecosystem which returns value to its creators, the users. Luis Gelado, GeoDB CEO and founder shared with Cointelegraph his rationale for creating AidSquad:

"Having stayed home for a few weeks, one weekend, I felt a footling bored, so I started thinking: nosotros take to practice something. We have a run a risk to develop something for a concrete problem, give back to society".

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A user inputs his Personal Wellness Record (PHR) — age, gender, symptoms associated with the COVID-19, and the app likewise collects the user's approximate location. The data are anonymously stored in Iota tangle. Based on this data, heatmaps can be generated that visualize the spread of the virus and contamination hotspots.

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The app is currently only available every bit an Android Parcel Kit (apk). According to Gelado, both Apple tree Store and Google Play temporarily barred all new COVID-xix apps because besides many unscrupulous developers were taking advantage of the situation. All the same, he expects the app to exist accepted to both stores in a couple of weeks.

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The app rewards users for sharing data with "karma points" and Assistance Squad tokens. Karma points are a gamification device similar to the 1 employed by Duolingo, whereas, AidSquad tokens are donated to the user's favorite charitable crusade.

Authorities is not doing its task

Gelado states that Madrileños are upset with the authorities'south inability to combat the spread of the virus effectively and it's upward to the people to feel the void:

"People are aroused with politicians. We have the right to know. They don't provide plenty information. We wanted to build a network that would exchange information in a public way while protecting privacy. The government of Madrid created some tools, but yous have to share so much personal data."

The beauty of the decentralized globe is that an thought born in Madrid could benefit people anywhere in the world including the U.Southward. which on March 26 has become the world leader in confirmed coronavirus cases.