The Ether Review #43 — BHP, Tracking the Most Valuable Rock on Earth

Core samples from oil wells can be worth more than gold. BHP Billiton, one of the largest mining companies in the world, is piloting a program to track their custodianship and provenance using IPFS and Ethereum.

Not only is this an interesting use case, but it is also the first time we have seen a production deployment of both IPFS and Ethereum.

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Content: Arthur Falls, R. Tyler Smith PHD

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