Core samples from oil wells can be worth more than gold. BHP Billiton, one of the largest mining companies in the world, is piloting a program to track their custodianship and provenance using IPFS and Ethereum.\n\nNot only is this an interesting use case, but it is also the first time we have seen a production deployment of both IPFS and Ethereum.\n\nIf you would like to contact Tyler, please email me at the address mentioned in the podcast.\n\nhttps://twitter.com/FreeMyVunk\nhttps://twitter.com/arthurfalls\n\nContent: Arthur Falls, R. Tyler Smith PHD\n\nSubscribe on iTunes: \nhttps://itunes.apple.com/nl/podcast/the-ether-review/id899090462?mt=2