> i.e. All those independent election monitors can set up their own node etc Do you trust the OS? The silicon? The PCB layout? The firmware? What about the fir

> i.e. All those independent election monitors can set up their own node etc Do you trust the OS? The silicon? The PCB layout? The firmware? What about the firmware in all those other components? Could you verify all that if you are concerned that something is weird? Pencil and paper are trivial to verify for every layman (with basic literacy), computers are not. That possibility of verification is kind of a big deal when it comes to deciding in huge groups, and the block chain (or any modern tech so far) doesn't improve anything about it.