LayerX will develop blockchain-based voting system using digital ID verificat...
“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....
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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....
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....
Ukraine, a relatively young democracy that has struggled to sustain its independence, could become the first country to deploy blockchain-based voting. A group committed to deploying blockchain-based voting known as E-Vox recently signed a memorandum to support a blockchain-based voting system. The E-Vox website notes a memorandum was signed by volunteers and organizations to give the world e-voting for fair and transparent decision making. CCN could not find any reference to this project on any Ukraine government website. An official signing ceremony on Feb 11, 2016, following two months....
Students at West Virginia University (WVU) have proposed an innovative blockchain-based voting system for the university's upcoming Student Government Association (SGA) elections. The Student Government Association in WVU is currently debating the notion of using blockchain-based voting at polling stations as opposed to legacy voting machines, according to The Daily Anthenaeum, the student-run university newspaper. The newly proposed voting system is based on an iPad application that would allow students to vote for the next President and Vice President of the Student body. Students....
The Bitcoin Foundation today announced to test its upcoming on-blockchain voting system on crowdfunding platform Swarm. As stated in the organization's latest blog, the aim of this project is to bring "greater transparency not the voting process", where every vote is recorded under a secure, cryptographic hash. The foundation however ignored to elaborate the insights of this project - explaining how different it is from the other decentralized voting platforms like BitCongress. Though a theoretically astound concept, the Bitcoin Foundation's voting system project still has taken a long....