Sierra Leone just ran the first blockchain-based election

Re:Sierra Leone just ran the first blockchain-based election by ulasbilgen on Friday March 16, 2018 @03:05AM (#16599094)

Well there's no need for an elaborate scheme like this, certainly no need for video. The buyer gives a paper ballot that's already marked for Dr. Evil, and asks the vote seller to bring back the empty paper ballot to get paid. It's that simple :( and being done in the places which still uses paper ballots.

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Re:Sierra Leone just ran the first blockchain-based election by KMag on Friday March 16, 2018 @03:21AM (#16599144)

There are no empty paper ballots, and if a ballot is brought back, then it's not in the discard box. Since votes in the discard box are still tallied, if someone leaves the polling station with a ballot, it will be obvious that someone has tampered with the election.

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Re:Sierra Leone just ran the first blockchain-based election by DennisP on Friday March 16, 2018 @08:24AM (#16600122)

You could just avoid counting any vote in the "count" box that doesn't have a matching vote in the "discard" box.

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