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You're absolutely correct in that real estate is a mess and blockchain could clean up and streamline a few aspects of a real estate transaction. Problem is the

You're absolutely correct in that real estate is a mess and blockchain could clean up and streamline a few aspects of a real estate transaction. Problem is the existing systems have a lot of catching up to do. There was a story of a house being sold as an NFT... Purely promotional gimmick as the only thing that mattered (transfer of deed, etc) had nothing to do with the blockchain and the NFT representing the property has no legal meaning whatsoever. Wire transfers can take several days, I suppose depending on mechanism/method. That said anyone who's participated in a real estate closing, funding round, etc knows you receive bank confirmation of the wire in minutes-hours and it's a done deal. In funding companies, for example, I've personally experienced this with wires in the tens of millions of dollars.

j_walter 4y ago
>That said anyone who's participated in a real estate closing, funding round, etc knows you receive bank confirmation of the wire in minutes-hours and it's a done deal. In funding companies, for example, I've personally experienced this with wires in the tens of millions of dollars. You are correct...but again this is something the average Joe doesn't have access to. With crypto/blockchain everyone has the same access (more or less) at their fingertips. It's not a perfect system yet for sure...there is a long way to go, but it is a huge leap forward in leveling the playing field for financial usage for everyone (I mean just looking at western union in 2021 they had $5B in revenue...that's about 5% of the transaction amount with an average transaction size of $300).