Which US counties have actually tried a blockchain land registry?
By OPR Editorial·2025-09-30·8 min read
Cook County (IL), South Burlington (VT), and Wyoming have all run blockchain land-registry pilots, and Georgia (the country) runs the largest live system. Most US county pilots ended at the report stage, with adoption stalled on statutory recording requirements rather than technology.
How did the Cook County blockchain pilot work?
The pilot anchored deed hashes to Bitcoin via colored coins and produced a public report. It never displaced the recorder's book.
What did Vermont's blockchain land-records study conclude?
Vermont's report found that anchoring is technically viable but that changing the statutory chain of title requires legislative action.
Why is the Republic of Georgia the reference implementation?
Georgia's National Agency of Public Registry has been anchoring land records to Bitcoin since 2016 through the Bitfury Exonum framework, with millions of records committed.