Building on Blockchain pt. 10 ft. David Koepsell

ELC
2 min readMar 25, 2020

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We’re proud to present the tenth part in our series with David Koepsell, JD, PhD, an author, philosopher, attorney and educator whose recent research focuses on ethics, public policy, emerging science & technology. David is also the founder and CEO of EncrypGen, a company that created a blockchain-based marketplace for people to buy and sell genomic data.

Building on Blockchain is an interview series, to find details on this series start here: [link].

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Summary: In this episode of Building on Blockchain, I sit down with David Koepsell. David Koepsell, JD, PhD, is an author, philosopher, attorney and educator whose recent research focuses on ethics, public policy, emerging science & technology.

David is also the founder and CEO of EncrypGen, a software company that created a blockchain-based marketplace for people to buy and sell DNA data for money. His book “Who Owns You?” is available now via Amazon.

Topics covered:
— Background story and intro to crypto/blockchain
— Why pair DNA and blockchain
—Taking the entrepreneurial leap-of-faith
—How can blockchain help healthcare
— How can blockchain help healthcare patients and customers
—How ancient Sumerians handled their monetary systems
—How Encrypgen can help someone
— Creating a free market for DNA data
— What could Genomics tell us in 20yrs
—Dead people’s DNA on-chain, who is Satoshi Nakamoto, advice to blockchain beginners & other fun questions

Below is our interview with David Koepsell-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIBdev2dq5c

A big thank you to David Koepsell for the pleasure of an interview and for encouraging the use of tools, technology, science & opportunity in the free world. We support your mission!

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