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Ethereum can be used to codify, decentralize, secure and trade just about anything: voting, ... So, just the other day, I was lamenting with my friend and we h

Ethereum can be used to codify, decentralize, secure and trade just about anything: voting, ... So, just the other day, I was lamenting with my friend and we had a thought experiment on whether it would be possible to use a bitcoin-like network/blockchain to solve the identity problem for voting on the internet. We had some rock solid ideas for lots of details, but got stuck on the anonymous vote part. For example, everyone should be able to tell that I actually voted, but not who I voted for. Does anyone know how this could be accomplished? This looks like a great project. Would be interested to see what they meant when they listed voting as their first example.

tlrobinson 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_auditable_voting_systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_auditable_voting_sys... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption
atmosx 13y ago
Hm, to get this a step further: * It must be somehow possible for authorities (state owned organizations) to re-count the votes manually. * The voter should get back to the ledger and be able to check for whom he voted. Yeah, looks like an optimal and bright (IMHO) future.
gphilip 13y ago
Look up "receipt-free voting" protocols. There has been some theoretical work done on this (lots of papers turn up in Google Scholar), but I don't know if this has been implemented yet.