Branding, barbed wire and blockchain in Wyoming

It’s branding day, and the cowboys and cowgirls here have kicked their spurs, lassoed their ropes
and herded their cows and calves into a corner for vaccinations, branding, castration and ear
tagging – the same way they have since the 1800s on this land.

Today, in addition to the same hot-iron "DD" brand that generations of cows before them have
received, these calves will come away with an extra piece of ear jewelry: a computerized
blockchain tag that could revolutionize how ranchers keep records.

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