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what problems would it add? you haven't actually made a point yet. the blockchain would provide a tamper-proof record of each vote. that is an improvement. i
by Kalanos 4y ago
what problems would it add? you haven't actually made a point yet.
the blockchain would provide a tamper-proof record of each vote. that is an improvement.
i don't understand what benefits hashing would add.
- nullc 4y agoA public tamper-proof record of each vote, unless it's extremely carefully constructed would deeply undermine voting because it would make it extremely easy to buy or coerce votes: "Vote the way I say or you're fired". ... you also get awesome effects like letting miners simply censor votes they don't like. If you just want to make sure votes aren't being discarded there are thousands of ways to accomplish that, including, e.g. sending receipts to the candidates or their parties themselves. Adding a public blockchain to it doesn't solve any issue that isn't solved with simpler and safer mechanisms, it's the absolute worst of cargo-cult engineering.