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Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain

You're reading from   Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain Discover how converging IoT and blockchain can help you build effective solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789132243
Length 206 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Maximiliano Santos Maximiliano Santos
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Enio Moura Enio Moura
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Understanding IoT and Developing Devices on the IBM Watson IoT Platform 2. Creating Your First IoT Solution FREE CHAPTER 3. Explaining Blockchain Technology and Working with Hyperledger 4. Creating Your Own Blockchain Network 5. Addressing Food Safety - Building around the Blockchain 6. Designing the Solution Architecture 7. Creating Your Blockchain and IoT Solution 8. The IoT, Blockchain, and Industry 4.0 9. Best Practices for Developing Blockchain and IoT Solutions 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

The business of food

The modern food chain is very large and complex. There are numerous actors involved that influence the making of the product and its delivery, whether directly or indirectly.

We'll be looking at this modern food production process, learning about the challenges of the modern chain and proposing a new one based on blockchain and IoT:

The business process shown in the preceding diagram is a simplified version of the modern food chain. The chain can be much bigger than the one represented here. For example, many supermarkets have their own distribution centers. However, since our main goal is simplification, we didn't represent other factors, such as ports and customs. 

For our use case, we'll seek to account for the product from the time it's delivered to the manufacturer. This product could be any item, but we&apos...

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