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Voting needs a blockchain like a fish needs a bicycle. There are many challenges in voting systems. Blockchains address none of them and, in fact, without grea
by nullc 6y ago
Voting needs a blockchain like a fish needs a bicycle.
There are many challenges in voting systems. Blockchains address none of them and, in fact, without great care they could easily obliterate election security-- enabling coercion and vote buying. A true blockchain would also degrade security in other ways.
Anyone pushing blockchains for voting are extremely confused by the technology, -- e.g. calling any cryptographic audit log a "blockchain"-- at best, or exploiting buzzword hype to defraud you, at worst. None of the possibilities suggest that they have a system you should want to adopt.
- catlifeonmars 6y agoI have an idea for a bicycle-based blockchain implementation for elections taking place in coral reefs.