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From Containers to Stablecoins: Standards Change the World
Written by: Liu Honglin
On April 26, 1956, at Newark Port, an old oil tanker named 'Ideal X' slowly sailed out of the port. Its holds contained no gold, oil, or important dignitaries, but 58 standardized, closed metal containers. At that moment, humanity witnessed the true meaning of 'container' for the first time.
There were no welcoming crowds, nor media coverage. But historians later looked back and deemed the significance of that day to be no less than the roar of the steam engine or the birth of the Internet. This metal box was not the product itself, but it reshaped the way goods flowed; it did not shorten the distance of the ocean, but completely reorganized the global supply chain structure.
On April 26, 1956, at Newark Port, an old oil tanker named 'Ideal X' slowly sailed out of the port. Its holds contained no gold, oil, or important dignitaries, but 58 standardized, closed metal containers. At that moment, humanity witnessed the true meaning of 'container' for the first time.
There were no welcoming crowds, nor media coverage. But historians later looked back and deemed the significance of that day to be no less than the roar of the steam engine or the birth of the Internet. This metal box was not the product itself, but it reshaped the way goods flowed; it did not shorten the distance of the ocean, but completely reorganized the global supply chain structure.
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