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Re:Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies by pmart123 on Monday December 10, 2018 @03:50PM (#18651065)
Maybe the closest real-world example I've heard so far is the Catalonian government using IPFS during an election, and how Filecoin could be used on top of IPFS to pay people to store data:

https://medium.com/swlh/filecoin-and-ipfs-f5e84ae79afa

Re:Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies by Moodles on Thursday December 13, 2018 @05:38PM (#18676787)
Democratic elections don't need a blockchain and a coin.