What is a digital twin?
A live, structured on-chain record mirroring a physical asset. For a building that means the BIM model (geometry, materials, systems), the deed, inspection reports and valuation — all hashed and referenced so anyone can verify what the token represents.
Why fractionalize?
A $4.2M building is illiquid — few buyers. Split it into 10,000 tokens at $420 each and suddenly retail investors can hold a slice. Ownership becomes divisible, and secondary trades settle in seconds on-chain instead of weeks through escrow.
Instant, verifiable settlement
Traditional real-estate transfer takes 30–90 days of title search, escrow and recording. A token transfer is atomic: value and ownership move together, or not at all. The embedded documents travel with the token, so provenance is always auditable.
The trust question
Once on-chain, the risk shifts from "can I trade it?" to "do I understand what I'm buying?" A token is only as trustworthy as the verification layers behind it. Toggle layers above — more embedded, verified data means a higher verifiability score.