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a settlement layer for consented genomic data

helixstreet.io is a Polkadot SDK chain and autonomous Google Cloud agent fleet that records what genomic and proteomic datasets exist, who owns them, who granted access, and what was computed against them — without putting the underlying sequences on chain.

Winner of Best Architectural Design in Google's All Things Agentic Hackathon (out of 12,260 participants) for Helixstreet — autonomous genomic fleet: a five-agent Gemini 3.5 Flash + Gemma 4 31B + DeepVariant pipeline with a hash-chained Firestore audit ledger and salted Merkle genome vault.

Each link between two datasets requires explicit cryptographic consent from both data owners and is finalized through on-chain governance on Polkadot coretime over XCM v5, while sequences remain inside HIPAA- and GDPR-bounded enclaves.

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🏆 Google Cloud × Devpost Winner · Best Architectural Design · 12,260 Participants

Helixstreet — Autonomous Genomic Fleet

Track: The Fortified Enterprise Fleet. Drop a raw sequencing file (BAM) into a Cloud Storage bucket and walk away — no chat loop, no clicks, no waiting human. Eventarc wakes a governed five-agent fleet on Google ADK: a Gemma 4 31B intake gatekeeper screens with Model Armor and scrubs PII via Cloud DLP, Gemini 3.5 Flash dispatches Google DeepVariant on Cloud Batch, goes dormant across the compute gap, wakes itself when the VCF lands, cross-references 1000 Genomes in BigQuery and CPIC pharmacogenomics, and seals a tamper-evident digital twin in ~9 minutes.

▶ Live Unedited Demo · 4:00 · YouTube Watch on YouTube ↗
Full 4-minute live run on Google Cloud: Eventarc ingest, Model Armor + DLP redaction, DeepVariant on Cloud Batch, 3 parallel PGx patients, selective Merkle disclosure, and hash-chained audit verification.
Live Command Center · dashboard.helixstreet.io Open App ↗
Digital Twins Private Proofs Pipeline Runs Fleet Registry Audit Ledger
5 Governed ADK Agents · 3 Least-Privilege IAM Identities helixstreet_intake (Gemma 4 31B) + 4 Gemini 3.5 Flash specialists with live OpenTelemetry / Cloud Trace spans.
Annotated Digital Twins (NA12878 + 3 Parallel PGx Panels) 78 real chr20 DeepVariant calls annotated against 1000 Genomes Phase 3 + CPIC CYP2C19 *2/*2 clopidogrel alert with Europe PMC citations.
Salted Merkle Genome Vault & Hash-Chained Audit Ledger Interactive single-variant disclosure & IBS kinship proofs (COMMITMENT_ANCHORED) + SHA-256 audit chain verified on every refresh.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Stack & NVIDIA Nemotron Evaluation Built natively on Google Cloud Platform: Google ADK, Vertex AI (Gemini 3.5 Flash global endpoint), Gemma 4 31B, Google DeepVariant on Cloud Batch, Cloud Run, Eventarc, Cloud Storage, Firestore (Memory Bank, Agent Registry, Audit Ledger, Merkle Vault), BigQuery (1000 Genomes), Model Armor, Cloud DLP, Secret Manager, Cloud Trace (OpenTelemetry), and Cloud Logging. As an NVIDIA Inception member, we are also actively evaluating NVIDIA Nemotron models (Nemotron-3 Nano 30B / Super 120B) and NVIDIA Clara Parabricks for multi-cloud sovereign deployments.
Validator grade
A+ turboflakes ONE-T
Era points (mean)
66,568 +63% vs prev 16 eras
Nominators
234 21M DOT backed
RPC uptime
100.00% polkadot + kusama
Core Capabilities

What helixstreet does — and doesn't

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Genomic Data Ownership

Complete proof of ownership for genomic data and relationships between datasets on an immutable ledger.

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Eligibility proofs, not raw DNA

ZK circuits in the style of Icefish (IACR 2026/463) let you prove "my genotype meets the inclusion criteria" without revealing the genotype.

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On-Chain Governance

Connections validated by both data providers and approved through transparent on-chain governance.

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HelixGroups

Decentralized groups making drug development and safety rating more objective through collective intelligence.

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Proteomics & Genomics

Application-specific blockchain built for life sciences, supporting genomic and proteomic datasets natively.

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Polkadot SDK chain

Secured by Polkadot's shared validator set via coretime, with XCM v5 to compose with KILT identity, Crust storage and the wider ecosystem.

Polkadot
Relay
helixstreet XCM Metaverse Substrate JAM zk-SNARKs
Ecosystem

Built for Interoperability

Ancestry data and links in the Helixstreet parathread can be utilized by other chains to create Clans in the Metaverse. Through Cross Consensus Messaging (XCM), Metaverse projects can integrate real-life data and relationships.

The Helixstreet Foundation is situated near Zug, the Swiss Crypto Valley, alongside the Cardano Foundation, Web3 Foundation, and the Ethereum Foundation.

The Future is Multi-Chain →
Infrastructure

We run the chain we ask you to use

A Polkadot validator and a public JSON-RPC endpoint, operated by the helixstreet team. No hidden infra, no third-party rentals.

Polkadot validator

Active · A+
Identityhelixstreet.foundation/2
Commission10%
Bonded24,068 DOT
Nominators234 · 21M DOT backed
Authority inclusion100% · last 96 sessions
Slashes0 since genesis
Stash (SS58)
1HMQVknF2rGz2vBegqA9jU4NhZKQtW7nZTDQykgeSm8FgPa

Polkadot's nominate flow does not accept a deep-link target — copy the stash above, then paste it into the dashboard's Favorites. Grade and performance numbers from turboflakes ONE-T.

Public RPC — Polkadot & Kusama

OK · 100.00%
Polkadot WSS
wss://rpc-polkadot.helixstreet.io
Kusama WSS
wss://rpc-kusama.helixstreet.io
Latest head (DOT / KSM)#30,687,895 · #33,405,620
Regioneu-central
# chain name over HTTPS — one-liner sanity check
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"system_chain","params":[]}' \
  https://rpc-polkadot.helixstreet.io
Who it's for

Three concrete jobs the chain does today

Researcher

Recruit cohorts without seeing genotypes

Post inclusion criteria as a circuit. Participants submit an eligibility proof generated locally against their VCF. You learn who qualifies, not what their genome looks like.

  • Off-chain proving, on-chain verification
  • Cohort-formation events are auditable
  • Composable with All of Us / UK Biobank workflows
Data owner

An immutable record of who saw what, and when

Every access request, grant, and revocation is a signed extrinsic. If your data is used in a study, the consent receipt sits next to the result — you can revoke prospectively at any time.

  • Signed grants with expiry & scope
  • Royalty splits routed at settlement
  • Data stays in your enclave; only proofs travel
Biotech / pharma

Provenance for derived datasets and IP

Sequence-alignment proofs and verifiable GWAS pipelines anchor "this result was computed against this consented cohort with this method" to the chain. Useful for regulators, partners, and downstream IP NFTs.

  • Authenticated reference-dataset hashes
  • IP-NFT settlement composable with Bio Protocol
  • Federated kinship via SF-Relate-style HE
Ecosystem

Composes with, not competes against

Helixstreet doesn't reinvent identity, storage, or biotech-IP rails. It speaks XCM v5 to chains that already do those things well.

Listed peers are independent projects we compose with technically; this is not a statement of formal partnership.

Advisory

Pharma & biotech engagements

Beyond the chain itself, helixstreet advises large pharmaceutical companies on where blockchain actually helps a life-sciences workflow — and, just as often, where it doesn't.

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Where blockchain earns its keep

Consent and access audit trails, provenance of derived datasets, multi-party trial coordination, IP-NFT settlement, supply-chain attestations for biologics. Each one is a problem regulators already understand.

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Where it doesn't

Putting raw genomes on chain. "Tokenize the patient." Anonymous DNA marketplaces. AI-on-genomes-on-chain combo plates. We will tell you no, in writing, with the references.

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How we engage

Scoped reviews, architecture workshops, and reference implementations on testnet. We work in writing, with citations, and against a defined exit criterion. Get in touch →

Tech watch

What we're tracking outside Polkadot

Helixstreet is Polkadot-native by design, but life sciences is a 20-year problem and the substrate matters less than the guarantees. These are the platforms we keep instrumented and benchmark against.

We benchmark consent-flow and proof-verification primitives against each of these on a rolling basis. When something there beats Polkadot for a specific life-science workload, we say so — and the advisory engagements above reflect that.

FAQ

Direct answers to the obvious questions

Is my DNA stored on-chain?
No. Raw sequences stay where they already live — a HIPAA- or GDPR-bounded enclave you or your provider control. The chain stores hashes, consent receipts, access grants, and verification of proofs computed against the data. WGS files are ~100 GB; that does not belong on a blockchain.
Can I prove I'm a unique human using my DNA?
We explicitly don't recommend DNA-based proof of personhood. Identical twins, family-tree leakage, and the irrevocability of a stolen genotype all break it as a Sybil-resistant primitive. Read the long-form note →
What can I actually do today vs what's roadmap?
Live now: Polkadot validator helixstreet.foundation/2 at A+ grade, public RPC endpoints for Polkadot and Kusama. Testnet: consent-receipt pallet, ZK eligibility-proof verifier. Roadmap: mainnet launch on Polkadot coretime, XCM bridges to KILT/Crust, federated-kinship coordinator. See the roadmap.
What's the commission and minimum nomination?
Commission is 10%, the floor enforced on-chain since the March 2026 runtime upgrade. We have 24,068 DOT bonded and 234 nominators backing roughly 21M DOT total. Direct-nomination minimum is dynamic (typically 250–500 DOT); via nomination pools any amount works.
How does this differ from VitaDAO, Bio Protocol, or GenomesDAO?
Bio Protocol and VitaDAO operate on Ethereum/Optimism and focus on funding IP-NFTs for biotech ventures. GenomesDAO is a Polygon-based encrypted-vault experiment. Helixstreet operates a sovereign Polkadot-SDK chain optimized for the coordination and audit layer — consent receipts, eligibility proofs, provenance — and composes with Bio Protocol's IP‑NFT standard rather than replacing it.
Is there a token?
There will be a native chain token for fees and on-chain governance once mainnet launches. There is no presale, no airdrop announcement, and no listed token today. Treat any "$HLX" listing you find on a CEX as not us.
How do I reach the validator operator if something looks wrong?
Email info@helixstreet.io, or open an issue on the GitHub org (linked from the infrastructure page). Response SLA for validator-affecting reports is one business day.