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Re:USPS Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Voting System by barbegal on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:13AM (#24176372)
You can't but how can you prove the blockchain hasn't been tampered with?
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Re:USPS Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Voting System by koheripbal on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:20AM (#24178039)
If you are asking, then you don't understand how the blockchain works.

It's literally the entire point of the chain.

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Re:USPS Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Voting System by RunawayGalaxy on Sunday August 16, 2020 @12:22PM (#24179024)
Prove that your blockchain hasn't been compromised by a sophisticated 51% attack.
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Re:USPS Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Voting System by RealityVoid on Sunday August 16, 2020 @01:53PM (#24179716)
You can't. A 51% attack is literally "the network".

And I wouldn't call a 51% attack sophisticated, really. It's just having a bigger hammer than the other guy.

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Re:USPS Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Voting System by flixic on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:17AM (#24176384)
Proof of Work, chain of blocks.
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