But as ships back up behind the Ever Given, which is plugging the Suez Canal, it’s clear that all the blockchains in the world can’t save us from the sheer physical reality of the need to move things around the globe.
Hopefully far more horsepower than the tiny digger is being used to free it now and if it’s successful, we could avoid a major supply chain meltdown.
But there are resources, food and even live animals in the other vessels waiting patiently for passage.
In a world that’s come face to face with the realities of food security in the past year through covid-19, this latest canal-block will be another reason for nations to evolve how and who they get their food from.
Bryan Gibson
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