Blockchain and Elections: Is Digital Voting Possible?
Digital elections on blockchain – is it a dream, a security problem, or the inevitable future? With increasing public skepticism about election results, technology offers a transparent alternative.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The problem with traditional digital voting
Voting via the traditional Internet involves risks: a central server that can be hacked, tampering by administrators, and no verifiable “Paper Trail”. Countries that have tried internet voting (Estonia, certain US elections) have been criticized.
What does blockchain offer?
Immutable registration: every vote is recorded in the blockchain and cannot be deleted. Anonymity + Verification: Zero-Knowledge Proofs can prove who voted and for whom, without revealing identity. Transparency: anyone can verify the results of the count.
The experiments
Utah Republican Party (2019), Sierra Leone (2018), and Voatz App – various experiments in blockchain voting. But security researchers from MIT found problems with Voatz. The criticism: the problem is not in the blockchain itself, but in the end interface.
The challenges
Equal access (Digital Divide), end device security, and politics – are the big challenges. Read about DAOs.
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