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How to securely link a 3D real estate digital twin to a blockchain smart contract for remote buying?

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The concept involves storing the immutable 3D scan hash (a unique digital fingerprint of the property's spatial data) on the blockchain alongside the smart contract. When a buyer completes the virtual inspection and triggers the smart contract, the blockchain verifies the property's digital twin hasn't been altered since listing, processes payment through escrow, and executes the title transfer — creating a transparent, tamper-proof remote transaction without intermediaries.

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