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Re:Show HN: Decentralized application starter with Vue, Ethe... by jononor on Monday February 19, 2018 @03:34PM (#16415516)
The important properties here are immutability, transparency and authentication. This could be done by a centralized server. For instance by keeping an append-only log with signed voting records which is regularly published, where each entry contains previous entry ID. Like git...
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Re:Show HN: Decentralized application starter with Vue, Ethe... by langitbiru on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:29PM (#16444238)
But how do you know that the centralized server does not override all records to tamper the evidence? Append-only log is useless if the actor choose to override all logs.

So you need a neutral third party to keep the records in case the centralized server does the malicious behaviour.

This can be done, I admit. But in a corrupt society, it is hard to find a neutral and trusted party.

Other way is using blockchain to record the logs and incentivize the miners to maintain the nodes. You can not bribe the cryptography.

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