Interview with Ragnar Lifthrasir: Ubitquity’s New Director of Real Estate
Ragnar Lifthrasir, President of the International Bitcoin Real Estate Association, has become the new Director of Real Estate for Ubitquity. Ubitquity uses the blockchain to help prevent fraudulent transactions in real estate markets, while allowing an improvement on the settling of claims, and tracking the record of ownership across the entire real estate industry. We were able to interview Ragnar, discussing his new role as Director of Real Estate for Ubitquity. What are your thoughts on the Blockchain 2.0? Can bitcoin’s blockchain be improved upon vastly?
Related News
The governments of the world don’t have much interest in using the blockchain in the land registry and real estate markets. Will they come around? Would it provide a better solution than that provided by the government? It is a great undertaking to integrate Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies into the real estate industry. Our CoinTelegraph correspondent talked with the president of the International Bitcoin Real Estate Association, Ragnar Lifthrasir about the potential of Blockchain technology for development in the real estate industry. His team wants to create a digital alternative for....
Attendees of a recent Arcadia Association of REALTORS (AAR) event in California were each given $1 worth of bitcoin as part of a 9th July talk centered on the technology. The California-based trade organization offers behind-the-scenes services to real estate agents, including continuing education on subjects relevant in the San Gabriel Valley. The event was the organization's first aimed at highlighting bitcoin and its potential use cases in real estate. According to event emcee and Meson.re CEO Ragnar Lifthrasir, the emphasis for his talk at AAR centered on how bitcoin could be used in....
A Bitcoin real estate remittances company is working to lower the bureaucratic complexity of buying American real estate for the Chinese middle class. The venture, Meson.re, is the brainchild of Ragnar Lifthrasir, a real estate entrepreneur with over “eight years of experience including, analysis, investment tittle insurance and construction.” He is also the president of the International Bitcoin Real Estate Association. Capital controls in China are both limiting and discriminatory, weighing most heavily on the middle and upper class. Lifthrasir told CoinTelegraph that there is great....
As the lead developer of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin counters the view by the founder of the International Blockchain Real Estate Association, in hinting that Bitcoin is more likely than Ethereum to split into two in 2017. He stated in a tweet to Ragnar Lifthrasir: Lifthrasir had, in his response to the news that the United Arab Emirates is using Ethereum (ConsenSys) to conduct a real estate records pilot program, described the UAE as “being irresponsible for using Ethereum (ConsenSys) over Bitcoin” for the program. He stated that: “Ethereum is a terrible choice for a real estate database.”....
A bitcoin event in California organized by Arcadia Association of Realtors (AAR) discussed the potential implications of the cryptocurrency on the Chinese real estate market. In particular, the CEO of Meson.re, which is focused on helping mainland Chinese investors purchase real estate in the US, explained how their service plays a role in the real estate industry in general. According to CEO Ragnar Lifthrasir, bitcoin could be used in the lucrative international real estate trade as it relates to California. "I think there's understanding of the problem and why there's a need in China.....