State Change #27 - Rebecca Migirov, Ethical Supply Chains Powered by Self Sovereign Identity

The relationship between manufacturers, materials suppliers, and materials producers in modern supply chains is used to obscure the use of slave labor to produce products we use everyday. Blockchain based solutions can be used to bring this information to the consumer. In March of this year, Rebecca Migirov wrote what would become one of ConsenSys Media’s most popular posts: The Supply Circle: How Blockchain Technology Disintermediates the Supply Chain. In the past, establishing supply chain provenance, or the true origin of products has been extremely difficult. Using verifiable cryptographic ledgers like blockchains, it is trivial to trace the Fillet o’fish to the fisherman who caught her, or map the resources used to produce a cell phone. Spoiler: You may not like what you find. Content: Rebecca Migirov, Arthur Falls https://media.consensys.net/ https://media.consensys.net/2016/03/09/the-supply-circle-how-blockchain-technology-disintermediates-the-supply-chain/ https://twitter.com/rmigirov https://twitter.com/arthurfalls?lang=en