By day Frenchman Benjamin Djidi works as a Senior Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon in Seattle. At night he’s improving his blockchain skills by working on a side project. While blockchain brings many benefits, talking to Djidi, it becomes clear why blockchain development can be tricky, and the issues aren’t technical.
Djidi’s project is a traceability solution that helps prevent fraud for valuable collectible cards like baseball cards. His best friend is a collector. For the more valuable collectibles, grading the card’s quality costs in the region of $1,500. It’s possible to track the card if the graders register the card on a blockchain. So Djidi needs the valuers on board.
“Trying to explain it as a blockchain doesn’t get you anywhere,” explained Djidi. “
They take a step back if they hear the word blockchain.” So why doesn’t he explain it as an anti-counterfeit solution? Fraud is not the grader’s problem. That’s an issue that concerns the card traders.
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