Kadena Launches Blockchain App to Verify COVID-19 Tests

Brooklyn-based blockchain firm Kadena hopes its new app can verify that COVID-19 tests are the real deal by letting users track test kits.

Announced Thursday, Kadena said the open-source application would be available to use on its testnet immediately, and would provide a secure way for medical professionals and patients to communicate and store test results.

Helmed by former JPMorgan blockchain leads, Kadena markets itself as a high-throughput alternative to the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains. Its plan to ensure the authenticity of coronavirus tests is to use QR codes to track the kits from the manufacturer to the healthcare provider, making it harder to swap out the real tests for fake ones, said founder and CEO Will Martino.