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Re:What Happened with West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Expe... by nwah1 on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:43PM (#20556530)
A private blockchain hosted only by a trusted party has absolutely zero purpose, even in theory. This whole experiment is a scam.
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Re:What Happened with West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Expe... by i_am_nomad on Monday July 29, 2019 @03:58PM (#20558711)
This is the same principle behind Nebula Genomics, and it’s surprising more people aren’t calling bullshit on it.
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Re:What Happened with West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Expe... by trakout on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:13PM (#20561194)
In the context of nascent tech like this, most people just don't know the right questions to ask, unfortunately.

Perhaps in the near future we will be treated to a layman's explanation of the prevalent (and corrupt) usage of federated blockchains, 'exposed' in a Netflix doc. :)

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