Still looking for a single valid use case for blockchain. Extra credit if you can’t do it using signed git commits. For me blockchain is the epitome of what @JerryWeinberg calls “solutioneerihg”.
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Landowner registry

Jul 1, 2018 · 5:48 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @tastapod @JerryWeinberg
Seems a bad use-case. Sometimes land ownership is transferred by the owner, sometimes by a court order, sometimes by probate.
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I recently sold and bought a house. The number of steps and parties (buyer, seller, banks, tax authorities, government agencies) involved, and the reliance on a very expensive trusted intermediary (the notary) make this a perfect use case IMO
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We have it in a a centralized database in DK. I cannot see the reason for using a blockchain for this?
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Depends on whether you are willing to settle for an intermediary. In Germany, we have a few hundred non-interoperable databases that are only accessed by means of 25-step processes.
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how do you reference parts of land in the registry?
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By their official ID? At least in Germany, every piece of land is registered in its community’s registry with a unique number. It’s a horrible, manual, decentralized system that would benefit extremely from being done digitally
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Do I need to trust the ones adding/changing ownership?
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I've been blogging around blockchain and merkle trees for a while - with a decent "Landowner registry" example, Stefan - paulhammant.com/2017/09/17/o…
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Have you asked @psd about that?
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there is so few change here, why would you use a blockchain instead of another tehcnique here?
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