In November 2017 I stood in front of over 500 executives from logistics and supply chain companies who had gathered to hear about blockchain during the inaugural event of Blockchain in Transportation Alliance. This was my first stint as a blockchain evangelical. I didn’t know a lot about it as I do now. But it was enough to put me on stage. After 20 minutes of blockchain 101, a flurry of questions came at me. What do you mean by public as in public blockchain? What is a consensus? When should I buy Bitcoin? It’s not going to work in logistics until we standardize data, correct?
I could tell there was a lot of curiosity in the room, although 90 percent of attendees didn’t fully understand the meaning of consensus, ...
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