Developer Readies Bitcoin-Based Voting Machine For 2016 Election

Developer Readies Bitcoin-Based Voting Machine For 2016 Election

Blockchain Technologies Corp., a New York City-based company that has developed a bitcoin ATM, has developed what it calls a secure, open-source voting machine that use the block chain to record votes, replacing existing proprietary voting machines that are vulnerable to hacking, according to Motherboard. With a distributed ledger such as a block chain, everyone who sets up a node on the network gets a copy of it. Under this system, network of participants track all entries, continuously verifying recorded activity to maintain the ledger's integrity. How It Works. On election day, voters....


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