ETDB-Caltech: A blockchain-based distributed public database for electron tomography

【Author】 Ortega, Davi R.; Oikonomou, Catherine M.; Ding, H. Jane; Rees-Lee, Prudence; Jensen, Grant J.; James, Devon Read; James, Amy; Buddenhagen, Jeremiah; Young, Sky; Chacon, Ryan; Fiscella, Joseph; Stewart, Anthony; Jordan, Ryan; English, Robert; Taylor, Ryan

【Source】PLOS ONE

【影响因子】3.752

【Abstract】Three-dimensional electron microscopy techniques like electron tomography provide valuable insights into cellular structures, and present significant challenges for data storage and dissemination. Here we explored a novel method to publicly release more than 11,000 such datasets, more than 30 TB in total, collected by our group. Our method, based on a peer-to-peer file sharing network built around a blockchain ledger, offers a distributed solution to data storage. In addition, we offer a user-friendly browser-based interface, https://etdb.caltech.edu, for anyone interested to explore and download our data. We discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of this system and provide tools for other groups to mine our data and/or use the same approach to share their own imaging datasets.

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【发表时间】2019 15-Apr

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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