“The blockchain is all about bringing in transparency and efficiency into the existing systems which are running the upstream and downstream supply chains and making them more proactive and predictive.”

— Rahul Guhathakurta

In his book, The Age of Blockchain: A Collection of Articles, as quoted in factbox on blockchain http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/factbox-on-blockchain/, Universal Postal Union on August 2, 2018.

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