Walmart (NYSE:WMT) coin may be in the works - or at least the US retail giant has filed a patent application for the creation of a digital asset based on a form of block production. This is the fourth blockchain-related patent for Walmart. The Walmart patent filing would include:
“A method include: generating one digital currency unit by tying the one digital currency unit to a regular currency; storing information of the one digital currency unit into a block of a blockchain; buying or paying the one digital currency unit; determining whether restrictions are applied to the one digital currency unit by referring to one or more documents associated with the one digital currency...”
The filing is all-encompassing and ...