Western Australia’s Mining Companies Urged to Adopt Blockchain Technology
Resource companies in Western Australia that form a multi-billion-dollar mining industry can benefit greatly from adopting blockchain technology, according to one expert. While blockchain technology, FinTech’s poster-child has seen rampant development and early deployment in the financial services industry, other industries are catching on to research the innovation toward practical applications in core processes. The energy industry, as an example, is making notable efforts toward exploring and testing blockchain applications. For instance, Wien Energie, Austria’s largest utility company....
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