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0 pointsdogma11387y ago0 comments

Assuming no bad actors what’s the difference between this and a single DB that simply tracks the banana?

A blockchain won’t solve the problem of creating a unique identifier for each banana and ensuring it was correctly scanned.

Also this isn’t a good example fundamentally because the banana is not immutable as in anyone can swap the barcode from one banana with another or it can fall off.

Blockchains really only work when everything is immutable.

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iblaine7y ago

> Assuming no bad actors

Blockchain gives you security against bad actors. Here's a similar use case for a marijuana supply chain: https://www.nasdaq.com/article/leveraging-blockchains-to-tra...

root_axis7y ago

Unsurprisingly, the article provides zero details as to how a blockchain actually solves any problems here. Frankly, it's very obviously useless for all "supply chain" related ideas. If you're going to do something illegal why would you record it in a blockchain?