Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in its recent election

Re:Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in ... by GenericsMotors on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:32PM (#16622814)

> The original story wasn't very clear how blockchain was involved.

Didn't stop the ridiculously titled "Sierra Leone just ran the first blockchain-based election"[1] from being shared and strongly upvoted here on HN.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16622245

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Re:Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in ... by danso on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:21PM (#16623302)

You're linking to this thread; I think you mean to link to this one, which has 500+ upvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16598210

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Re:Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in ... by GenericsMotors on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:12AM (#16626751)

Thanks, my mistake (and apparently too late to edit my original comment).

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Re:Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in ... by rdiddly on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:31PM (#16623392)

Well I guess I need to update my opinion on that story from "Cool application of blockchains!" to "Would've been a cool application of blockchains!"

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Re:Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in ... by dwighttk on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:18PM (#16623282)

I voted it up. I read the article because I'm interested in Sierra Leone and was interested in keeping an eye on developments (like how exactly blockchain was involved)...

I should probably raise my standards for upvoting.

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