Is This Blockchain Voting System by NYU Devs the Solution to Russian Election Meddling?
With lingering concerns over ways in which the 2016 election could have been underhandedly swayed in the favor of President-elect Donald J. Trump after Barack Obama requested a report on the matter, a team of blockchain-minded New York University devs have developed a potential answer after winning first prize in a development challenge. Cybersecurity has been a major issue in elections ever since electronic voting machines were deployed in the early 1990s. Voting had never been less expensive and easier for the electorate. The rise of cybersecurity, on the other hand, has become a major....
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The right kind of synergy between blockchain and biometrics will unleash the power of decentralized voting. Voting is a very important part of any democracy, as it gives its citizens the chance to participate in the democratic governance process. In a democracy, the objective of voting is not just the creation of government but a collective effort that drives the interests of the society and the economy.The fundamental objective of voting across the world is to ensure that it happens in a fair and transparent way. The traditional ballot system has existed for years, but it’s safe to say....
New York-based Blockchain Technologies Corp (BTC) is in the news with a startling product that it hopes will revolutionize the way the USA votes! The company is hoping that its product, "Blockchain Apparatus' Blockchain-secured Voting Machine," will be able to help stabilize the crumbling existing voting structure with its more secure voting machines. On its website the company is unambiguous when it states its agenda in the following words: "America's voting machine technology - or lack thereof - is a looming crisis. Many states use voting machines that are over 10 years old that are not....
Recently the Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NDS), an organization that provides settlement and depository services, began testing blockchain technology as a potential solution for a corporate e-proxy voting system. The results will not shock you but the origin of praise for the system just might. NDS began looking into solutions for e-proxy voting in August of 2014. The prototype they recently tested is based on the NXT platform. The system also adheres to the ISO 20022 standard for messaging. NDS worked with the UK based DSX Technologies to develop the e-proxy voting system. The....
Following up on their statement to Cointelegraph about developing a voting module that could use the Blockchain to prevent electoral inconsistencies and irregularities, Expanse Borderless technology has launched a mock US election on the Blockchain. Coming just a few days before the US general elections, this replica is aimed at demonstrating the viability of the Blockchain in disrupting the traditional systems which have been plagued with several irregularities. The disruptive technology. Like in every other industry, the Blockchain continues to reveal new and more reliable ways of....