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This spec is awesome for us. Much of the cannabis space in USA depends on these government systems that require a central authority (read: government software)

This spec is awesome for us. Much of the cannabis space in USA depends on these government systems that require a central authority (read: government software) to generate IDs and lot-identifiers for items in the system (or they charge $0.40 for single-use RFID tags). And those systems are buggy, offline, broken, errors, etc, etc, etc. So, this distributed ID system would permit us to take the central generator OUT of the process -- and do so following a coming global standard (rather than the current attempts to try one-off "unique" methods). We were already doing something very similar to what is in this document -- which is nice, validates some of what we were already thinking. And I think it will be easier for us to bring others in with some "official" specifications. (I know it's draft only right now).

ska 5y ago
If I recall correctly there is related work getting some traction in Canada too, which is on the whole further up the curve on some of this stuff due to federal legalization.
- Ken_Adler 5y ago
  Especially in British Columbia. The government is way forward in implementing "TrustOverIP.org" type DID/VC/ETC systems for interacting with the government
  - openthc 5y ago
    You're both sorta correct; cannibis in Canada is covered by Health Canada who's still taking reports via CSV upload. It's like a 4k column thing. And no IDs
    - ska 5y ago
      It's going to be a mix of federal, provincial, maybe even municipal government systems (e.g. business licenses for cannabis retail). I imagine they'll have a hybrid of new-, old-, and low-tech like many other areas. Somehow people will muddle through.
    - Ken_Adler 5y ago
      BC's "orgBook"... running on Hyperledger Indy blockchain https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/home https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/home This link has a search for Cannabis in BC's org book https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/search/name?query=cannabis&inactive=false&page=1&issuer_id=&category:entity_type= https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/search/name?query=cannabis&...

ska 5y ago

If I recall correctly there is related work getting some traction in Canada too, which is on the whole further up the curve on some of this stuff due to federal legalization.

Ken_Adler 5y ago
Especially in British Columbia. The government is way forward in implementing "TrustOverIP.org" type DID/VC/ETC systems for interacting with the government
- openthc 5y ago
  You're both sorta correct; cannibis in Canada is covered by Health Canada who's still taking reports via CSV upload. It's like a 4k column thing. And no IDs
  - ska 5y ago
    It's going to be a mix of federal, provincial, maybe even municipal government systems (e.g. business licenses for cannabis retail). I imagine they'll have a hybrid of new-, old-, and low-tech like many other areas. Somehow people will muddle through.
  - Ken_Adler 5y ago
    BC's "orgBook"... running on Hyperledger Indy blockchain https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/home https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/home This link has a search for Cannabis in BC's org book https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/search/name?query=cannabis&inactive=false&page=1&issuer_id=&category:entity_type= https://www.orgbook.gov.bc.ca/en/search/name?query=cannabis&...