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Success can thus have a significant force-multiplying effect. Our team members are well known and respected, and if anyone would like to learn more please look us up and Lifespan.io as well. Thank you!", "hidden": false, "question": "Is there any other information you would like to share about your project, previous work, other project affiliations, or potential conflicts of interest? 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producing thousands of articles, reaching tens of millions with top-tier [video projects](https://www.lifespan.io/video-series/), and raising > $800,000 for carefully selected, **high-impact**  [research projects](https://www.lifespan.io/the-mindset-project/).\n\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/2fbda5697375fdbd673c94d3e8648170/GitCoin_LifespanWeb3_Crowdfunding.jpg)  \n\nWith your help we are **transforming Lifespan.io to use Web3 architecture to go so much further** \u2014 implementing **new models of matched crowdfunding** and **decentralized games** specifically designed to engage millions, run first-in-kind **DeSci**  **crowdsourced clinical trials**, and create machine-learning based **biomarkers of aging** which can both accelerate the entire field of aging research and also pave the way for exciting applications in the coming future of **metaverses**. \n\n***New For Gitcoin Beta Round!***\n\nThanks to your **contributions in GR15** we already have aging research-focused NFT [**projects**](https://www.lifespanlegends.com/) ready to launch, prototypes for [matched crowdfunding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBPQ2lytjo&t=97s) and decentralized clinical trials in development, and **allies** ready to help us - such as **VitaDAO**, **LongevityDAO**, **CureDAO**, and the team right here at **Gitcoin \u2014** all we need is  **additional support** to launch the cascade - and that is where **you** come in!\n\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/922b45142adca9d044327d2ed03c74e9/GitCoin_LifespanWeb3Roadmap.jpg)\n\n  **[Watch the video below](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBPQ2lytjo&t=97s)** \n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2LBPQ2lytjo/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBPQ2lytjo&t=97s \"Gitcoin Schelling Point 2023: New Funding Models for DeSci\")\n\n***How Your Support Can Help Us Drive Forward Healthy Human Longevity***\n\n**Your support** will allow us to bring on the **team we need** to implement a **new form of blockchain-facilitated crowdfunding** - similar in nature to the quadratic funding used here on Gitcoin, but which is geared to raising a large-scale level of support for a single **targeted project,** both in terms of funding and number of individuals supporting it.\n\nOnce implemented, this mechanism will **couple perfectly with Lifespan.io\u2019s existing social media reach and massive YouTube channels** to simultaneously raise funds for important research projects and build the architecture we will need to facilitate **first-in-kind crowdsourced clinical trials** which make use of **physiological biomarkers**. In this video Lifespan.io president Keith Comito explains the value of this:\n\n**[Watch the video below](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UppB-h8H5DQ&t=38s)**\n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UppB-h8H5DQ/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UppB-h8H5DQ&t=38s \"Keith Comito | EHA 2020 | Biomarkers, Data Standardization, and Unlocking the Longevity Dividend\")\n\nThe demonstration of a **decentralized clinical trial** which yields any positive result, such as [**remediation of dementia**](https://www.lifespan.io/the-mindset-project/), for example, would be an **earthquake to the existing clinical trials system**, catalyzing a much-needed transformation towards properly leveraging modern technology. **Together we can make it happen.**\n\nWeb3 technologies we are creating, such as **\"BioAvatars\"** can also **mobilize the users of decentralized games**, as described in the following videos:\n\n**[Watch the video below](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc)**\n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cRuMikSJRFc/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc \"Rewriting Medical Science With Crypto Funding: Keith Comito of Lifespan.io | The Enjin Room Podcast\")\n\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/947eb87de23c0208371d05184477894b/LongevityDAO_Dragon_2.jpg)\n\n**[Watch the video below](https://youtu.be/n1sQrJ9U330)**\n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/n1sQrJ9U330/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/n1sQrJ9U330 \"Keith from Lifespan.io | Axie Tuesday | EP13\")\n\n***Cryptocurrency and Life Extension Have Always Been United***\n\nEver since the birth of **blockchain technology**, there has been an **indelible connection** between it and the desire for **life extension** \u2014 all the way back to the early cypherpunks and cryptocurrency founders such as [**Hal Finney**](https://www.wired.com/2014/08/hal-finney/), forward to the **pioneers** of the present such as [**Vitalik Buterin**](https://www.lifespan.io/news/vitalik-buterin-the-best-thing-to-donate-money-to-is-the-fight-against-aging/). You can be part of this grand tradition of transcending boundaries - be they financial or biological - in the **service of all humankind**.\n\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/1c630644e64fa06af8c495d71728d55a/GitCoin_LifespanWeb3_HalAndVitalik.jpg)\n\n**Every second someone dies of age-related disease.** This means if your support moves the timetable of curing these diseases up by even one second, you will have saved someone's life. **We appreciate your reading this**, and for considering contributing to such an **important cause** as this. \n\n### Thank You!", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "LifespanIO"}, "recipient": "0xE3Bc594aEb17AAf76a19c4Cd41f88240903ED5aF"}}