Can blockchain technology make online voting reliable?
Blockchain could possibly help verify voter registration and audit results. The United States Presidential elections on Nov. 3 were contentious to begin with, but accusations of electoral fraud from the defeated President Trump cast a pall over the whole procedure. Daniel Hardman, chief architect and chief information security officer at self-sovereign identity solution Evernym, thinks blockchain might help voting in general going forward.“Basically, blockchain can provide a way for voters to be reliably and securely registered to vote, and then when votes are cast, blockchain can be a....
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Blockchain technology has many use cases for the everyday consumer, most of which have yet to be discovered or developed. Simplifying the process of voting – and making the entire process more transparent while preserving voter privacy – is just one of these examples. It won’t take long until the first Bitcoin technology-based voting machine will be making its way to a location near you. Blockchain Technologies Corp. is a company focusing on replacing existing proprietary voting machines with a more secure and open source solution, running on blockchain technology. Doing so would not only....
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As a continuation of my Blockchain series, I will be covering the potential of the blockchain for the purpose of voting reformation. In order to properly cover sidechains, I need to continue to dig into the knowledge base regarding the technology to learn more about the technology before I write about it. Sidechains are a revolutionary idea for Bitcoin, and it deserves to be reported well. In this part of the series, I intend to explain the importance that blockchain technology can play in how voting is done. Voting throughout history has shown us that corruption can take root, and many....