# 2018-03-22 Using Blockchain Technology In Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)

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[A blockchain is a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain) The application of blockchain technology in healthcare has been largely discussed. Andy Lippman, a senior research scientist at MIT, [created a blockchain to allow patients to cryptographically sign their own data. ](https://medium.com/s/welcome-to-blockchain/what-could-blockchain-do-for-healthcare-59c17245448e)The blockchain technology has made the healthcare data more secure, enabling the patient to take control.\
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In academic, biotech, or even pharmaceutical settings, scientists are still slow in adopting new technology. Labii, as a pioneer in developing ELN & LIMS technology and providing online documenting services, is applying blockchain technology to [its newest version](https://www.labii.com/blogs/new-version-of-labii-eln-lims-v3-is-on-beta-testing/) for [Electronic Lab Notebook](https://www.labii.com/electronic-lab-notebook-eln).\
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Security in [ELN and LIMS](https://www.labii.com/) is always the first concern. [Blockchains are secure by design and exemplify a distributed computing system with high Byzantine fault tolerance.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain) Blockchain-based [electronic lab notebook](https://www.labii.com/electronic-lab-notebook-eln) will be almost impossible to hack as well as to manipulate any historical data. This will bring an externally strong security to the [Labii ELN and LIMS](https://www.labii.com/).\
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More details of Blockchain-based Labii ELN & LIMS will be revealed, in the meantime, it is available for testing at <https://www.labii.com/signup>\
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By Yonggan Wu


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