According to a peer-reviewed and recently approved [paper](http://f1000research.com/articles/5-222/v1), blockchain-timestamped protocols could improve the trustworthiness of medical science. The British authors, Dr. Greg Irvine and Dr. John Holden, provide a proof-of-concept study using a low cost, independently verifiable, blockchain method that could be widely and readily used to audit and confirm scientific studies.