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Logistics is the low hanging fruit that absolutely makes sense to use a blockchain for. You have multiple agencies and actors that don't need to trust each othe
by WhiteOwlLion 8y ago
Logistics is the low hanging fruit that absolutely makes sense to use a blockchain for. You have multiple agencies and actors that don't need to trust each other... just send their data to the distributed database.
If you have tainted spinach, you can track where it was introduced into the supply chain and figure out very quickly the source of the issue.
When you have pharmaceutical returns, you can validate the source of the manufacturing and validate the returned product can be resold.
- robertAngst 8y agoMy turn to be a skeptic, looking for a response :) We already have barcodes to track the source, this is already done outside blockchain. Maybe its more immediate after a problem happens, but what is the cost to: >Blockchain soil ph >Blockchain fertilizer >Blockchain water schedule >Blockchain that workers washed their hands >Blockchain the weight of the product >Blockchain the date picked, shipped, etc........ If you do every step along the way, the cost becomes enormous. I cant imagine the size of the hash either. Not to mention the extreme problem of garbage in garbage out. Sure you have an expensive thermometer that writes to a blockchain, but what about when its time to weigh it? What if someone accidentally sweat and that drip added 1g to the weight of something that needs precision. Then the entire chain becomes unreliable.