Where to Start

You don't need a fully digitized registry to work with Landblock. This page explains the realistic starting points — including from paper.

The honest problem

A common objection to blockchain land systems is this: even if registries could talk to each other, most governments can't reliably digitize their own records first. You're building a translation layer for systems that don't have legible source data to begin with.

This is a fair and important point. Landblock takes it seriously. The protocol is designed to meet registries where they actually are — not where a technology pitch assumes they should be.

If your registry is fully digital

Mirror Mode is your starting point. Your existing systems don't change. Your team publishes cryptographic proofs of records you already hold. Landblock makes those records globally verifiable from day one. There's no new internal software to deploy.

If your registry is partially digitized

Start with what you have. Even a subset of digitized records — urban parcels, recent transactions, high-value titles — can be anchored in Mirror Mode immediately. The rest can follow as your digitization work progresses. Landblock doesn't require complete coverage to be useful.

If your registry is paper-based

This is where the Registry Template comes in. Landblock is developing an open-source land administration system — a complete seven-layer platform that governments can deploy and operate themselves — specifically designed for countries without an existing digital registry.

Alongside the Registry Template, the Tenure Conversion Workflow provides a structured, reusable process for converting informal, communal, and customary land tenure into formal digital records. Many countries have large volumes of land held under customary arrangements that have never been formally registered. This workflow is designed to change that.

What doesn't change regardless of starting point

• Your government remains the legal authority over land rights
• National law governs what is valid — Landblock does not override it
• Your data stays under your control at every stage
• You decide what to publish, when, and to whom

Next step

Read the Registry Template page if you're starting from scratch, or the For Governments page in the Learn section for a plain-language overview of the full adoption path. Or reach out directly — we want to hear from you.