Salus

Salus is transforming health insurance by leveraging Web3 technology, smart contracts, and innovative tokenomics to create a trustless, incentive-driven health data ecosystem. Inspired by usage-based auto insurance that rewards safe driving habits, Salus applies a similar dynamic model to health insurance. Traditional health insurance faces significant challenges such as reliance on one-time health assessments without real-time updates, lack of mechanisms for users to lower premiums through improved health behaviors, privacy concerns that make individuals hesitant to share personal health data, and health data being isolated within centralized systems, which stifles innovation.

LIT TEE - Encrypting the data, running the computation and decrytpting the data Privy.io - user authentication and wallet for cashbacks and rewards Typescript, Node.js, Express - Backend Circle - To send secure payments to users in a stable and private manner React, Tailwind - Frontend Vercel - Hosting

Salus is an innovative health insurance platform that leverages Web3 technologies to create a decentralized, privacy-preserving, and incentive-driven ecosystem for health data sharing and insurance services. The platform is built using a modern tech stack that integrates various technologies to ensure security, scalability, and a seamless user experience. Key components and technologies used in the development of Salus are as follows

1. Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) with LIT Protocol Salus employs LIT Protocol to implement a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). LIT enables decentralized encryption and access control, allowing users to securely share their health data without compromising privacy. Data Security: The use of TEE ensures that sensitive health data is processed in a secure enclave, protecting it from unauthorized access and potential breaches. Privacy-Preserving Computations: LIT allows for computations on encrypted data, enabling Salus to generate health scores and other metrics without exposing raw data.
2. Data Privacy and Secure User Management with Privy Privy.io Integration: Salus utilizes Privy to manage user data privacy and secure user interactions within the platform. Privy provides tools for encrypting and securely storing user data off-chain, ensuring sensitive health information remains private. It secure user authentication and wallet connectivity, enabling seamless interaction with blockchain features without compromising user privacy.
3. Front-End Development with React React: The front-end of Salus is built using React. React enables dynamic content rendering, providing users with real-time updates on their health scores, rewards, and policy information.
4. Back-End Development with Node.js, Express, and TypeScript Node.js and Express: The back-end server is built using Node.js with the Express framework. TypeScript: The use of TypeScript adds static typing to JavaScript. It helps in catching errors at compile-time, increasing code reliability.
5. Health Scoring Logic with Typescript Typescript for Data Processing: Typescript is used to implement the health scoring algorithms and data processing logic.
6. Hosting and Deployment with Vercel Vercel Platform: Salus is hosted on Vercel, a platform known for its ease of deployment and scalability.
7. Additional Components (To be built) APIs for Health Data Integration: Salus integrates with health apps and IoT devices (e.g., Apple Health) through APIs. Data Ingestion: Securely collects health metrics necessary for calculating health scores. User Consent Management: Ensures that users grant permission before their data is accessed or shared.