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In cryptocurrencies Monero and to some extent ZCash tries to make transactions anonymous but still verifiable for the owner. Global supply is also verifiable. M
by lawn 8y ago
In cryptocurrencies Monero and to some extent ZCash tries to make transactions anonymous but still verifiable for the owner. Global supply is also verifiable. Maybe there's a way to anonymize the voting scheme in some way as well.
Research in this area is still very new. Look up ZNARKs for example.
- MereInterest 8y ago> transactions anonymous but still verifiable for the owner. The problem is that "owner" here means "whoever holds the private key". If I can verify that my individual vote was cast correctly, then somebody looking over my shoulder can verify how I voted as well.
- acdha 8y agoThat’s not relevant to this problem: if your boss, union, the person who just bought your vote, etc. is in a position to check they can just ask you to show them. A traditional ballot is immune to this as long as it’s not broadly possible to have someone follow you into the booth.