Crypto Could Tip The Scales — 64% Of Voters Say It Guides Their Vote

According to the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office, a Bitcoin trader in Herzliya was attacked and robbed in what prosecutors call a violent home invasion on September 7. Related Reading: Crypto Could Tip The Scales — 64% Of Voters Say It Guides Their Vote The victim was stabbed and forced to give up digital wallet […]

In the previous article, Scottish Independence, we highlighted Scotland's referendum for independence and a few notes about what it may mean. On Thursday the 18th of September, 2014, the Scottish people voted No to independence, choosing to remain within the union of the United Kingdom. According to gov.uk the majority vote won with a count of 55.3% to 44.7%. A significant factor about the voting turnout was the sheer number of people who did vote, 84.5% of the eligible voters. With the current dissolution with politics within the United Kingdom and globally, this was an astounding....

A new Australian political party called Flux is aiming to ‘upgrade democracy’ and change the way Australians vote by using the Flux app built entirely on the blockchain platform. What is the Flux? This is a tool that enables Australians to participate directly with parliament, making the need for trust in elected officials to become a thing of the past. On July 2, the Flux Party are putting up 13 candidates for election to Australia’s Senate in federal elections. By using a cellphone app, Australians who can prove they are registered voters will be able to inform elected represented....

Candidates in the ongoing Bitcoin Foundation election to fill two vacant board of director positions have expressed concern at a low voter turnout. Candidate Jim Harper of the Cato Institute, and former global policy counsel for the foundation, has pointed out that only 364 of the organisation's roughly 2,728 members have registered to vote - about 13% (this figure has been revised-please see below). This is in part due to the Bitcoin Foundation's requirement that members must confirm their intention to vote before becoming eligible, he contends. The 364 figure means the minimum threshold....

"Voters are less likely to support candidates perceived as standing in the way of a decentralized internet,” said Haun Ventures. A poll of 800 likely midterm voters in four U.S. swing states suggested that the overwhelming majority favored ideas around decentralization, and many were HODLers.According to a Sept. 29 report from venture capital firm Haun Ventures on a survey conducted by business intelligence company Morning Consult, roughly one in five voters polled in New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania said they owned cryptocurrency or nonfungible tokens. In addition, 91% of....