Immutable Calls: AP Election 2020 Results Will Be Recorded on Everipedia’s Bl...

Using blockchain-based technologies provides a secure and unhackable record of the state-by-state results as they come in. The Associated Press news agency has been publishing incoming results from the Nov. 3 United States presidential election onto the Ethereum and EOS blockchains.As noted on the developer webpage detailing how to access its AP Elections API, results are being immutably written to blockchain by Everipedia’s OraQle software.While the results are naturally also being published on the AP website, using the blockchain-based Everipedia provides an unhackable and permanent....

Bitcoin price is rising steadily and it even broke the $14,000 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC is showing positive signs and it seems like US election results might trigger swing moves. Bitcoin remained in a positive zone and it climbed above the $14,000 resistance zone. The price traded to a new 2020 high at […]

For the first time ever, the results of a U.S. presidential election have been recorded on a blockchain. But is the data valid? Until recently, the use of blockchain in elections was perceived as nothing more than an experiment. However, during the recent United States presidential election, some tried to turn the public's perception of the possibilities of blockchain technology. For example, the Associated Press, one of the largest U.S. media outlets, published the election results on the Ethereum and EOS blockchains. Does this results call, however, suggest that the time to use....

At the time of writing, the U.S. 2020 election still hangs on a knife-edge, with either candidate still in the running to win. According to the BBC, Biden is ahead, but counting in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, and Alaska has yet to close. “Mr Biden has 243 Electoral College votes, giving him the […]

While the United States prepares for the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, a number of data points and traders expect some significant cryptocurrency price fluctuations this week. Statistics from skew.com show bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has increased to 59% while 3-6 month stats jumped over 62%. The digital currency economy is hovering at around $388 billion, which is a giant jump from where it was during the last U.S. election in 2016. For instance, during the 2016 presidential race, the price of bitcoin (BTC) was around $709. Since then the crypto-asset BTC has....