Flux: Australia’s New Political Party for ‘Permissionless Innovation’
There’s a new group from Australia that calls itself a “Governance 2.0” created by two Bitcoin consultants from the region. The group is called Flux, and they are looking to make a statement during the 2016 election cycle with what they call an “Upgrade Democracy.” Flux will use a “vote token” that will be traded between citizens and party members making....
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A new Australian political party called Flux is aiming to ‘upgrade democracy’ and change the way Australians vote by using the Flux app built entirely on the blockchain platform. What is the Flux? This is a tool that enables Australians to participate directly with parliament, making the need for trust in elected officials to become a thing of the past. On July 2, the Flux Party are putting up 13 candidates for election to Australia’s Senate in federal elections. By using a cellphone app, Australians who can prove they are registered voters will be able to inform elected represented....
While Russia is testing an e-proxy voting system based on a distributed ledger, Australia is launching a Blockchain voting app in hopes of starting a global political movement. The Flux Party is a new Australian political party that aims to return power over important decisions made in Parliament to individual electors. Launched six months ago, the Flux Party seeks to win enough seats at federal, state, and local levels enabling voters to directly influence the outcome of legislation that affects them, through the Flux app that has been built entirely on the blockchain. Blockchain - when....
A new Australian political party has proposed the introduction of a token-based political system based on the concept of decentralised blockchain technology. Called the Flux Party, the new entity has already attracted more than the 500 members it needs to potentially place senate candidates on ballots in all the country's states. However, the party's immediate goal is to try and elect six senators, according to Reuters. Notably, the Flux Party will be free of its own policies, instead opting for its senators to vote for or against legislation at the bidding of token holders. Party....
Australia's Flux Party wants democracy to be more like technology. Built on the idea that cryptocurrency tokens riding on a blockchain network can act as a platform for online voting, the Flux Party is seeking to lower the hurdles for passing legislation, thereby helping governments better keep pace in today’s connected, fast-growing world. More broadly, though, the minor political party wants government to operate in a constant state of change, and to use blockchain technology to deliver on this goal. According to co-founder of the Flux Party Max Kaye, the main problem with politics is....
A new political party in Australia wants to replace the existing political system with a system that allows people to vote using bitcoin, according to Reuters. The Flux Party believes that voters can use bitcoin to grant votes on legislative proposals. It believes bitcoin will enable representative democracy in the information age. The party’s goal is to elect six senators who will not propose policies but will vote on legislation at the direction of their members, who will deliver votes on every bill online. “If they didn’t have to be senators, if they could just be software or robots....