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Re:Two containers with same number detected in Chittagong port by lazide on Friday July 22, 2022 @07:28PM (#32198360)
It has been proposed in all serious several times - and then immediately the person proposing it was tarred and feathered, then disappeared by the relevant jurisdictions security services (only half kidding). I'd give you their names, but for some reason men wearing sunglasses and sitting in a van appear outside my house every time I consider it.
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Re:Two containers with same number detected in Chittagong port by jamiek88 on Friday July 22, 2022 @07:47PM (#32198537)
It’s probably people who think we don’t need gigawatts for a distributed ledger.
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Re:Two containers with same number detected in Chittagong port by lazide on Saturday July 23, 2022 @01:02AM (#32200549)
While they might consider THAT true, I suspect it has more to do with being able to track which companies and countries are doing what business with whom everywhere - especially if that includes countries they aren't supposed to be.

Tracking containers port to port everywhere would be a MOUNTAIN of useful intel.

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Re:Two containers with same number detected in Chittagong port by dmitriid on Saturday July 23, 2022 @11:17AM (#32204080)
Containers are already tracked. There's literally nothing stopping you from saying that container X is going to Italy when, in fact, it's going to Iran. Blockchain isn't magic.
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