The 2016 Bitcoin Voting Guide
The 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign season is in full swing, and both major parties – the Democrats and the Republicans – will soon be voting for the next president. Where do the major candidates stand with regard to Bitcoin? Which candidates are most likely to encourage the growth of Bitcoin, and which candidates will do the most to try to hinder it?....
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Ukraine, a relatively young democracy that has struggled to sustain its independence, could become the first country to deploy blockchain-based voting. A group committed to deploying blockchain-based voting known as E-Vox recently signed a memorandum to support a blockchain-based voting system. The E-Vox website notes a memorandum was signed by volunteers and organizations to give the world e-voting for fair and transparent decision making. CCN could not find any reference to this project on any Ukraine government website. An official signing ceremony on Feb 11, 2016, following two months....
The Expanse Project has announced the development of a blockchain-based voting platform, which, according to developers, has “the potential to change the dynamics of future elections.” Expanse Wants to Take Voting to the Blockchain. According to a press release, this new project will provide voting services secured by an immutable blockchain. By virtue of the blockchain technology, said the Expanse team, their voting protocol will store voting data forever in a tamper-proof manner that is accessible across the globe. This platform reportedly makes voting easier, while making it harder to....
E-voting has emerged as an area with many applications, including shareholder voting, according to a Nasdaq report by Richard DeMarinis, principal software engineer at Nasdaq’s enterprise architecture and Heidi Uustalu, head of Nasdaq Tallinn issuer services, and Frederik Voss, head of Nasdaq blockchain strategy. Nasdaq announced interest in 2016 in a new e-voting platform using blockchain technology on its Tallinn exchange in Estonia. The project leveraged digital ID solutions used by the government to provide ID cards to foreigners through the country’s e-Residency program. The Nasdaq’s....
When it comes to the voting process, there is always an aura of not knowing what is going on exactly, and whether or not results should be trusted. One of the possible use cases for blockchain technology is decentralized voting. If it is up to Australian startup Veri.vote, that concept will soon become a reality. The company is currently developing the world’s first anonymous and transparent electronic voting system. Using the blockchain for something as colluded as voting sounds like an interesting social experiment. Various startups are exploring this opportunity, and it appears as if a....
The Maker DAO community is voting on a proposal to harden the protocol's governance structure against flash loan voting.