PLUM® develops payment technology for unattended merchandising, linking vending machines and other self-service transactions with an ERC-20 token, smart contracts, and purpose-built hardware. Its proof-of-concept work demonstrated the purchase of tangible goods from a vending machine using PLUM, building on the team’s experience in vending-machine payment interfaces and blockchain systems. The project is associated with Quotidian Engineering & Development Corp. and collaborators Upstate Networks and Critical Technologies.