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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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[-] June@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Blockchain =/= crypto

Crypto uses blockchain, but blockchain is just a different type of database that generally tracks data through a decentralized network. It has a lot of real uses beyond crypto like identity verification, transcript/records management management, and iot data sharing. It’s nothing that can’t be done in a centralized manner, it’s just a different way of going about it that, in some cases, is much more secure and/or much more easily accessible.

[-] Helluin@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

It’s nothing that can’t be done in a centralized manner,

and thats the main problem with basically all blockchain related solutions, theres pretty much always a centralized alternative thats more efficient

[-] utopianrevolt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

and much more.... centralized? But let's also just ignore the part where it's described as generally more secure as well.

[-] Helluin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

and much more… centralized?

it being centralized dosent mean its bad. theres also the fact that many processes are centralized by the nature of how they work.

it’s described as generally more secure as well.

why would that be?

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