Crypto- and blockchain-focused companies around the globe take been making efforts to back up people amid the coronavirus pandemic, with some of them donating funds to nonprofits and providing supplies to hospitals.

Israeli blockchain startup Orbs came up with an idea to encourage people to self-quarantine past using a newly launched app.

The app, which is dubbed "Stay at Habitation Challenge," is designed to assure that the user does not get out the nearby radius once they enter their location in the app. The app tracks users' self-quarantine time and notifies them when they abandon the designated dwelling house expanse, according to an announcement on April 21.

A gamified style to trace people's movements

The app gamifies the cocky-quarantine concept, allowing users to share their progression with friends and family unit members, thus encouraging them to stay at domicile equally well.

Although the app tracks people's movements, Orbs claims that it doesn't collect any personal data as users don't add their name, electronic mail or any other personal information in the app. Currently, the app is available in Google Play, and soon volition be available for iOS users. Orbs told Cointelegraph:

"We will continue to think of means we can help out in Israel and globally to get u.s.a. all through these challenging times. We talk over ideas on a regular footing in company meetings and chats."

Tracking people is a new normal

Stay at Home Challenge is not the first app that tracks users' activity under the umbrella of the coronavirus-related quarantine. A squad of academics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa developed a blockchain-powered app geared to allow users to verify their own COVID-19 status. The application intends to improve contact tracing of infected patients.

In late March, Russian authorities rolled out their own tracking application for patients who test positive for COVID-19 in Moscow. The app reportedly requests admission to users' calls, location and camera, as well every bit network information.

China also released an app in Feb that allows users to check whether they've come up into contact with a person who is potentially infected with COVID-19. The app shares users' location data to a centralized server whenever their barcodes are scanned at a checkpoint either in public transport hubs or other access-point controlled areas.