Synthetic DNA data storage: Are Worldcoin and the blockchain technology already obsolete?
Every day insane amounts of data are produced, and we're running out of storage solutions. Scientists have been looking at DNA to store it all. Will this kill the blockchain?
Aug. 28, 2018
Bitcoin fanatics are storing their cryptocurrency passwords in DNA
Looking to keep your Bitcoin fortune safe?
Here's one option: Hide your password inside a microtube of DNA.
A startup called Carverr provides that very service to protect the digital money of its customers.
Image: Jack Gimm/Carverr
Indeed. DNA storage was already a reality in 2018.
Or to be more precise, in 2012, when a group of scientists at Harvard University stored a 52,000-word book on DNA pieces. Specifically, they could store 1.29 petabytes (1,280,000 GB) on each gram of DNA they used. Mind-blowing.
A few questions spring to mind:
What is DNA storage?
What happened to Carverr?
Why isn’t DNA storage everywhere yet?
Have we reached the fateful inflection point - Is DNA the actual future of storage?
Is the blockchain already becoming obsolete?
Why has the Lithuanian deep-tech company Genomika been featured in the news recently?
And since we’re on the subject, can I store my entire music collection in my own human DNA? (Spoiler alert: yes I could)
What are the potential futuristic implications and uses of this technology? (Spoiler alert: I’m thinking Phygital, Space exploration, ID, Real World Asset tokenization, a new Worldcoin, a new Computational system, Human memories and consciousness in the DNA-enabled cloud, and much more)