Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters
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Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are using microchips to verify the authenticity of their products and thwart scammers.
  • usrtrv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    No? Barcodes and QR codes do not have enough information for unique identification. (Well they could but they start getting bigger and bigger)

    But the real issue is needing these codes tracked and audited in a public manner. Instead of having a third party company trusted with all the cheese, you use a Blockchain with a public ledger. This doesn’t even require much processing power since there’s no incentive to mine as many blocks as possible.

    I hate cryptobros but logistics is a good use for the tech. Tech is tech, not all use cases are bad.