"A purpose-built blockchain, which increases coordination and efficiency in ethical or sustainable ecosystems, creates stories for responsibly sourced products, and unlocks innovative financing mechanisms across industries"

The need to disrupt supply chains is more evident today than ever before. Supply chains are being pressured to transport more intangible goods (the information and claims associated with a product) across ever more diverse topologies, requiring novel forms of identity and credit. These changes will occur first in small and medium-sized supply chains, those with the most to gain by radical transformation and in those originating in very remote locations around the world.

While there are indeed many blockchain-powered traceability platforms, most are mere applications atop another project's blockchain network; the number of actual blockchain protocols in existence is comparatively much smaller. At the same time, the number of groups building blockchains for a unified problem or space is close to zero.

Instead of attempting to marginally increase efficiency and security, Topl focuses on empowering blockchain-powered platforms to unlock a new era of supply chains that they call supply chain 2.0. At Topl, they believe making purchases that protect people, and the planet should be effortless. Their infrastructure is a purpose-built blockchain, which increases coordination and efficiency in ethical or sustainable ecosystems, creates stories for responsibly sourced products, and unlocks innovative financing mechanisms across industries. This cohesive digital network moves and proves funds, goods, and impact outcomes throughout the world. By using the Topl blockchain, ethical and sustainability-focused businesses are empowered to challenge existing market leaders, increase their impact footprint, and streamline their processes.

For a glimpse of the future that we imagine, watch this four-minute video. The future of the coffee industry that Kim illustrates in this video is based on the principles of inclusion, engagement, and sustainability. In this scenario, the focus is on the farmer’s role in the “bush-to-brew” journey, of which they are an integral actor. Topl’s blockchain technology works to digitally integrate the farmer in the product’s journey, empowering their visibility in the process and providing an unprecedented level of financial transparency and agency to the farmer.