Bitcoin Entrepreneur Jeff Garzik Sees Major Role for Blockchain in Real Estate
Jeff Garzik, bitcoin entrepreneur and founder of Bloq, a code-for-hire service, gave an overview of blockchain’s application to real estate at the International Blockchain Real Estate Association (IBREA) Conference in Newport Beach, Calif. A video of the conference is available on Youtube. He explained blockchain technology’s benefits to the real estate business: automated payments, fraud reduction, no bad checks, more data on properties in real time, more trust in the property information, and more auditable transactions. Garzik is also building a real estate decentralized autonomous....
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