Bitcoin Foundation Elections. Who Would You Vote For?

The Bitcoin Foundation elections have started. Up to the 19th of February, Bitcoin Foundation individual members will vote for two new Individual Directors who will be elected to represent the individual members. We spent some time contacting each candidate and asked them all exactly the same questions. We published the responses of those that replied and below is a summary of all the candidates ascertained from their CCN articles or other media outlets. You can view the full interview by clicking on a candidate's name. Foundation Members should now have received email instructions on how....

There has unfortunately been recent confusion with the Bitcoin Foundation Elections. We attempted to highlight the new criteria in our first article covering the Foundation elections and at the end of each following candidate article, gently nudged people that they might want to read the initial election article. That due to a recent change in the bylaws, members were required to "activate" their account for voting. This new change came about due to the previous election rules requiring a certain percentage of the membership to vote for a candidate for that candidate to win. Because of....

The Bitcoin Foundation has announced updates to its corporate governance structure, including stricter rules concerning terms for board members and suggestions for a new nomination process for elections. According to a blog post, the new elections are part of the Foundation's efforts to "instate a corporate governance structure that ensures consistency, stability and accurate representation of our membership for years to come". Two of the Foundation's most prominent personalities will face re-election by members to their board positions in December - chairman Peter Vessenes for his....

There are fears that voting on the blockchain might not be practical. Instead, the real value of this technology may be linked to counting ballots afterwards. From the United States to Uganda, allegations of vote rigging have become part and parcel of elections worldwide.Some of these claims are legitimate, with strongmen leaders suppressing the will of the people in a desperate attempt to cling on to power. But in other cases, such accusations are made with little evidence. Fake videos swirl online that paint a picture of manipulation on an industrial scale — depicting a world where....

Blockchain startup Expanse affirms claim to develop a system that will deliver honest, transparent and credible elections as it seeks government partnership to enhance its programme. Electoral fraud, election manipulation, or vote rigging is an illegal interference with the process of an election. Acts of fraud affect vote counts to bring about an election result, whether by increasing the vote share of the favoured candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both. The endemic problem. Across the globe, the list of electoral processes that have been stained with....