Quote from: ceferov on February 27, 2018, 02:21:09 PM

Good to make that free idea and I like token share but how will atlas token help to project make that free? Whats the role of this token on project? And I think if medical information means medical card of each customer then the I think security also matters. Coz those info should be private

This is three questions--

1) How will ATLAS token help make the project free?

Issuing a token is the only way that I have figured out how to offer a paid resource for free worldwide, and I've been on this project since 2011. Everybody wants us to not have a token but no one is going to wire me $15MM, and I designed ATLAS as a very efficient, fixed supply token using the very best technology we can get our hands on.

There's conflicts of interest with the advertising-funded and subscription-funded models. ATLAS allows us to not offer subscriptions or sell advertising.

2) Why a token?

ATLAS is:
Borderless - Doctors across the world can tip each other with no restrictions (unlike sending fiat)

Incentive - Holding a significant minority of ATLAS tokens gives the PeerAtlas foundation the ability to fund its more ambitious long-term goals if it is successful in its short-term goals (unlike using someone else's token, and unlike if someone wired me $15MM)

3) How will we protect patient data?

PeerAtlas is starting out as an open source medical encyclopedia. Another more fancy way of saying this, is that it is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool to help medical professionals make decisions.

At this stage in the project, we won't use patient data at all. We aspire to have the high quality of the peer-reviewed resource UpToDate (uptodate.com) but without a subcription-based paywall.