A patent filled by Walmart and released yesterday reveals interesting plans fo the giant retailer.
According to that patent, Walmart aims at creating autonomous delivering systems for "environment sensitive products". In other words, drones that may deliver frozen items. Or other types of products which require a "controlled environment".
The patent has very clear references to the blockchain (starting with point 17), like this one:
a delivery encryption system comprising a block chain for package tracking and authentication.
or this one, from point 22:
The smart package of claim 18, wherein the block chain associated with a product placed in the smart package dynamically adjusts to account for the cold chain status of the product as the smart package moves through a supply chain.
While this is not a cryptocurrency and it's certainly not decentralized, I do think it's a very interesting application of the blockchain technology.
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