Are you talking about Israel by any chance?
no, not at all.
I know they were in your mind when you created this thread. Bitcoin cannot help in this case. The blockchain technology you were talking about is a good idea, but if I am not wrong, most countries are now storing data online. Which means, people pay tax online for their land, house, and business. So, they must have the digital copies of their papers. It's not too hard to scan the documents and then store them on your private cloud. You can access your data/documents from anywhere. If I know that there will be war, of course I will prepare myself. BTW, I don't even know where the papers. Thanks for the topic, I will have to search the papers.
I’m not sure if a digital copy would really be honored when the original land title is on paper, that’s what’s officially filed. What you store online is still just a copy, not the original, so it would still need verification.
I’m talking about situations where the government is corrupt and can erase your data or documents when you leave the country. Then, when you come back, you’ve got nothing to claim.
And by the way, putting something in “the cloud” doesn’t mean it’s truly secure, it’s still stored on a company’s servers. That’s not the same as blockchain, which is decentralized and accessible anytime, anywhere.
Does government even need a prove before they can claim a land if they want to? Is government not the institution issuing the paper evidence? I mean they can manipulate the documents anytime if they want to forcefully claim the land. You need a Pro-Bitcoin government to buy in this idea otherwise, they'll come up with excuses of high cost of paying the experts to implement it. By the way, with or without evidence it's a complete waste of time and resources challenge a corrupt government over land or any other properties.
Not all governments start out corrupt, some might even be open to this idea in the beginning. The problem is, after a war, power can change people. They start feeling like they own the country and can do whatever they want, even if it’s no longer in the best interest of the people.
I don’t think you’d even need top experts for this, since it’s the blockchain doing the heavy lifting. What matters is having a clear procedure that anyone can follow, and making sure the government actually approves a law that allows it.