Colombia to Use Ripple Ledger to Issue Land Registry Certificates
The government of Colombia announced a new system that will allow it to use the Ripple Ledger to store and authenticate property titles. The system, which was developed by a third-party company called Peersyst Technology, aims to allow the National Land Agency to issue a record number of land adjudications for citizens. Colombia to Register Land Titles on the Ripple Ledger While the main uses of blockchain technology are currently linked to assets with transactional value, like cryptocurrencies, there are companies and governments leveraging it for other uses. The government of....
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Blockchain development company Peersyst worked with Ripple in the implementation of the Colombian National Land Registry on top of the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Part of a national initiative to improve the country’s blockchain capabilities, the announcement was made by high-ranking government officials. Related Reading | ‘Cryptoqueen’ Has A $100,000 Bounty On Her Head Offered By The […]
Authorities in Sweden have announced that the government is exploring the implementation of blockchain based land registry in the country. The use of blockchain based registries has now spread to Sweden. The European country may soon be implementing a new land registry based on distributed ledger. With the number of people around, it is hard to keep track of all the things they had ever owned. However, it is not that hard when it comes to land ownership. For starters, it is not easy to hide a piece of land, as it has to be under the sun where everyone can easily see. However, over a period....
The United Nations wants to tackle urban challenges like land grabbing and inefficient use of space with blockchain technology. The United Nations has released a blockchain-powered solution to help the Afghan government manage property ownership issues in the country's urban areas.According to a Dec. 2 announcement, the U.N. Human Settlements Programme, or U.N.-Habitat, will present its new digital land registry solution to the Ministry of Urban Development and Land in Afghanistan in December 2020.The U.N. first launched its blockchain project for sustainable urban development in....
Sweden could become the first country to put the country’s land registry on the Blockchain, the Swedish Land Registry said. With a population of just under 10 million people, it can be hard to keep track of who owns what when it comes to land ownership in Sweden particularly over a period of time, unless some reliable form of record keeping is maintained. The distributed ledger technology, which happens to be the backbone of Bitcoin, is the perfect solution in keeping track of land ownership, with the Scandinavian country being the latest country looking into how Blockchain can help. Proof....
Sweden could become the first country to have a blockchain-based land registry. A team of technology players is working with the country’s land registry on a system that could possibly go live this fall, according to Reuters. ChromaWay, a Swedish blockchain company, consulting firm Kairos Future, and telecommunications service provider Telia, have developed “proof of concept” demonstration of how the Swedish land registry would work. Blockchain Brings Benefits. The blockchain ledger can allow clearing and settlement on one database that provides an easier-to-use and more reliable system....