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The new silicon chips, made by Chicago-based p-Chip, use blockchain technology to authenticate data that can trace the cheese as far back as the producer of the milk used. The chips have been in advanced testing on more than 100,000 Parmigiano wheels for more than a year.

…honestly I don’t even know what to say here

the absurdity of it is quite something

the consent problem is another quite something

this is so fucking nuts

  • SteveEnglish
    11•10 months ago

    So-called DNA fingerprinting of milk bacteria pioneered in Switzerland, which isn’t in the EU, is now being tested inside the bloc as a method for identifying cheese.

    Lol, food DRM.

    I love enterprise blockchain’s continual struggle with the fact that nothing useful is born on a blockchain

    • @bitofhopeEnglish
      13•10 months ago

      Have some strawberry jam. Yes, it’s strawberry. I have this self-signed SSL certificate that proves it is. I can get my buddies to cross-sign it too if you want. Your taste buds must be wrong.