Imagine if while you were shopping for produce, you could scan an apple and see its entire history, from the moment it was picked from a tree, all the way to your local grocery store — right on your smartphone.

That’s just one of the ways that companies are planning to use blockchain technology within the food industry. The same networked record system that powers cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin is now being used to document the origins of what we eat, and even, potentially, help trace the origins of contamination outbreaks.

Source: CBC News

Date: August 14th, 2018

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/blockchain-food-industry-1.4781017

Discussion

1) What other things could be traced from start to finish so you know where they came from (I am not suggesting you list out grown products such as apples, oranges)

2) Is there a way to fake or hack blockchain technology?