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Comment by tremarley

If you keep money in the bank. You don't own it, the bank does. You need permission to access it and are limited on what you are allowed to use it for.

If you keep cash or gold in a safe place. You are only allowed to keep a certain amount. It can be seized at will.

Your will that declares what assets go to your children. The deed to your home. The lease for your car. Certificates. Art. Tickets. Contracts. Money.

We do not own any of these things without the requirement of having to trust a person, a comp ay or a government.

Blockchain technology allows us to own anything that can be documented on a ledger. Indefinitely. Trustlessly.

parent tremarley 4 years ago

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