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Ya, this is kind of silly. I'll actually say - before this election I was all about a Blockchain / electronic voting system. After Russia and Wikileaks and ever
by zilchers 10y ago
Ya, this is kind of silly. I'll actually say - before this election I was all about a Blockchain / electronic voting system. After Russia and Wikileaks and everything, no way. The paper based, locally run elections are incredibly secure, and protect against systematic attacks (which in an electronic world could even mean phishing, or something more mundane than actual hacks).
I'm a huge fan of bitcoin, but I'm still looking for the killer Blockchain app.
- estrabd 10y agoRegardless of who you think was behind the leaks, what makes you think that the blockchain and crypto-currencies in general are not compromised somehow? Based on the BTC mania of 2014, I am not entirely convinced it's not all part of some sort of globalist psy-op. It easily fits into the narrative.
- erikpukinskis 10y agoThat's the smart attitude to hold today. But 100 years from now, when kids are playing with blockchains in the sandbox, and they have never seen a paper form, they will have the opposite gut reaction.
- SkyMarshal 10y agoInteresting how our messy, heterogenous system of state and local-run elections is more decentralized, and thus harder to hack, than blockchains.
- zilchers 10y agoYa, good call, that's kind of the irony here, huh?