• rbos@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I was thinking that with legal backing, blockchain could be a good record of ownership for deeds. Like NFTs but for physical property.

    The history of ownership and the public visibility are good features there.

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      3 days ago

      Lack of reliable, authoritative attribution of changes and no rollback or compensatory transactions are all dealbreakers.

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        2 days ago

        In the case of deeds, i think it is desirable because it gives you an immutable history of ownership.

        There are other problems but i don’t believe that is one.

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          1 day ago

          No it doesn’t. It only works because 51% doesn’t change the ledger.

          You already have this with a simple database for ownership. It already exists, and ledgers made out of paper predates that.

    • Jason2357@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      But with good legal backing, all you need is a shared database and maybe basic cryptographic signatures to prove ownership in case of malicious actors. So basically, traditional banking.