Dec 17th: 330 Years of Tokenised Property as Legal Tender: From 1696's National Land Bank Gamble to Bockchain's Revolution ft: David Parsons, TPX Property Exchanges  episode artwork

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Dec 17th: 330 Years of Tokenised Property as Legal Tender: From 1696's National Land Bank Gamble to Bockchain's Revolution ft: David Parsons, TPX Property Exchanges

from Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain Radio; Powered By Cyber.FM · host James Tylee / Jonny Fry

In 1696, England attempted the world’s first tokenised property system, turning land into state-mandated legal-tender bills to rescue a collapsing monetary system. The National Land Bank failed, but its blueprint echoes today’s blockchain revolution. As the UK pushes toward a projected $4trillion tokenised real-estate market, the same questions return: can fractionalised property create liquidity without eroding trust? Three centuries on and the lesson endures - tokenisation transforms value, but sovereignty and confidence decide its fate.To read the full article click here00:00:00 - 330 Years of Tokenized Property History00:01:49 - Private Banks and Political Currency Control00:02:50 - War Debt Drives Monetary Innovation00:04:03 - England's First Legal Paper Money System00:05:54 - Newton's Mint Reforms and Historical Currency Parallels00:07:49 - Colonial Tokenized Property Money History00:09:12 - Asset-Based Money and Property Rights00:10:49 - Counterfeiting Charges and Informant Deals00:12:16 - Counterfeiting, Digital Money, and Shadow Economy00:14:32 - Australia's Counterfeiting Criminal History

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