The career move from butcher to blockchain entrepreneur might sound an unlikely one, but Kieran Kelly’s experience in both fields is proving extremely valuable in his current business.
Arc-net uses the technology that powers bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to build a trustworthy record of an animal’s life all the way from farm to supermarket shelf. He is one of the many entrepreneurs building a business around the supposedly incorruptible blockchain technology that is inspiring start-ups far beyond the bounds of the virtual currencies that have been grabbing the headlines in recent months.
Initially designed to enable bitcoin, a blockchain is a digital ledger hosted across a network of computers that can mutually verify transactions. Since no one custodian owns the data, it is supposed to