National Agency of Public Registry in the Republic of Georgia

	National Agency of Public Registry in the Republic of Georgia
Categories	Land tenure
Types	App, Protocol, Blockchain • App, Protocol (Byzantine Fualt Tolerant consensus algorithm), Blockchain
Status	Public, Private, Permissioned • Exonum Blockchain to register land titles (private permissioned) and Bitcoin Blockchain to make those transactions verifiable as Exonum anchors data to Bitcoin network (public)
Action (Smart Contract)?	Yes • Exonum; plans to stramline business operations for NAPR, including the sale of property, transfer of ownership and more
Application	Land registration and/or verification; by reducing service delivery time, operational costs and enabling real-time auditing and transparent data sharing, the project promotes the establishment of a more transparent and well-recorded land registry system
Date/Timeline	Project launched in April 2016; MOU between the blockchain company and the Georgian National Agency of Public Registry signed in Feb., 2017
Notes	“first time a national government has used the Bitcoin blockchain to secure and validate official actions.”
Source URL #1	napr.gov.ge • Verified 200 OK
Source URL #2	www.bia.ge • Verified 200 OK
Links	The First Government To Secure Land Titles On The Bitcoin Blockchain Expands Project National Agency of Public Registry - Georgia, 2, St. Nikoloz/N. Chkheidze str.,, Tbilisi (2020)