Japanese ‘BitGirls’ Show Brings Blockchain Voting, Cryptocurrency to TV
A new cryptocurrency-inspired television show called BitGirls will air on Tokyo MX TV this fall. The Japanese show features an interactive blockchain voting platform and a girl group crowdsale. Japanese TV Show BitGirls to Air on Tokyo MX TV. The first season of the show features three young women from Japan. Known as the “BitGirls,” Kaori, Chika and....
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A Japanese TV show called “BitGirls” will begin next month with a cryptocurrency theme. The show will feature interactive blockchain voting and a crowdsale to be hosted on a Japanese exchange, Zaif. Viewers who want to participate will receive tokens and use them to vote for future show themes. The show is expected to raise public awareness of cryptocurrency. The BitGirls, three of which have been named, will hold voting challenges with the television hosts over the course of the first season. Participants will vote on things like putting on different costumes or changing the standing....
Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, is looking at blockchain tech to solve problems in the city, starting with an e-voting system.
The new system will bring blockchain security and immutability to local elections as well as reinforce Tsukuba City’s "smart city" initiative Japanese firm Layer X has announced the development of an electronic voting system based on a blockchain protocol as part of a wider “smart city” initiative being pursued by Tsukuba City.The Tokyo-based company said that the new system will meet the technical needs of electronic voting, including the prevention of double voting, accurate storage of voting content, voter confidentiality, and management of operation records.In addition, it will enable....
“Voting over the Internet presents more challenges, such as preventing double voting, technical hurdles to keep ballots secret, and the cost of voting devices." Japanese firm Layer X will be partnering with a digital identity application called xID to build a blockchain-based voting system in the Japanese city of Kaga.In a Thursday announcement from LayerX, the Tokyo-based company said it will be developing the electronic voting project in an effort to promote safe and secure elections for the city of 68,000 inhabitants. The firm stated that the cost and stability of current electronic....
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....