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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters (www.businessinsider.com)

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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters::Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are using microchips to verify the authenticity of their products and thwart scammers.

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 109 points 1 year ago

The chips use blockchain technology and trace the wheel of cheese back to where the milk that was used came from.

Cryptobros, Unite! We finally found a way for blockchain tech to be relevant for more than just ransomware! We authenticate cheese!

Someone's gonna make a ton of money on CheeseCoin

[-] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Blockchain is also good for solving the Ship of Theseus problem. You can encode the entire history of the object into the object.

Blockchain has many cool uses and none of them are currency.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I mean, the ship of Theseus isn't a problem, nor is there a solution, but I get the joke anyway :)

[-] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

There was a joke in there?

[-] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

There was a joke in there?

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I thought there must be, otherwise it would be a deep misunderstanding of what the ship of Theseus is

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