One electoral commission aspirant in Kenya has said the country should consider adopting blockchain-based voting.
New MIT Paper Roundly Rejects Blockchain Voting as Solution to Election Woes
Encryption inventor and head of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative are among authors of a new paper that points out why blockchain and voting are a bad pairing.
New MIT Paper Roundly Rejects Blockchain Voting as Solution to Election Woes
Encryption inventor and head of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative are among authors of a new paper that points out why blockchain and voting are a bad pairing.
Digital Voting Is Coming. Let’s Do It Right.
Cryptographic techniques, like zk-SNARKs and blockchains, could ensure online voting is secure and private.
Overstock Touts Voatz Blockchain Voting App as Solution to US Election Fracas
The comments come days before a ballot count marred in uncertainty.
Russia’s New Blockchain Elections Remain Centralized
There will be two blockchain voting pilots for Russia’s off-year election next month.
US Postal Service Envisions Blockchain-Backed Mail-In Voting
Whether the USPS intends to experiment with its mail-in voting system was unclear Thursday.
Russian Voters’ Data on Sale After Blockchain Vote to Keep Putin in Power – Report
Russians voted electronically, using blockchain tech, to keep Putin in power. Now, hackers may be selling the personal data of over a million of those voters.
Bug in Moscow’s Blockchain Polling System Can Reveal How Users Voted: Report
The vulnerability allowed users votes in the recent constitutional poll to be decrypted, Russian journalists found.
Moscow Said to Hire Kaspersky to Build Voting Blockchain With Bitfury Software
Moscow’s government is giving voters the option of having their ballots recorded on a blockchain despite transparency concerns.
Blockchain Bites: Introducing the CoinDesk 50 and a Roadmap to Consensus: Distributed
In the news: a new blockchain voting proposal, Cash App’s bitcoin profits and why we’re sooner having a halving.
Ohio Lawmakers Propose Blockchain Voting in Elections Overhaul Bill
Ohio lawmakers have proposed the launch of a blockchain voting pilot in spite of security experts’ repeated warnings against any internet-based elections system.
Iowa Caucus App Fiasco Shows Need for Open Source Transparency
Iowa’s election fiasco shows the risks of relying on centralized, digital systems and software that lacks transparency.
No, a Blockchain Wouldn’t Have Prevented the Iowa Caucus Debacle
If anything, blockchains add meaningful complexity, which means more ways things could go wrong under imperfect, or real-life conditions.
Yes, We’re Talking About Voting on the Blockchain
With Iowa election results still unconfirmed, Markets Daily is back and digging into the question: Would a blockchain have helped?
West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Pilot May Have Been Breached by a Student
The West Virginia Secretary of State disclosed a student tampered with the blockchain voting pilot developed by Voatz in 2018.
Aragon Vote Aims to Restrict Ethereum App from Funding Polkadot Blockchain
Aragon is getting ready to vote on two contentious governance proposals. One encourages expanding operations outside of the ethereum network to include blockchain interoperability platform Polkadot. The other does not. Which proposal will Aragon token holders favor?
Welcome to Athens: Tezos Completes ‘Historic’ First Blockchain Vote
Tezos – one of the 25 ranking cryptocurrencies by market capitalization – has just concluded its first round of on-chain governance voting.
Thai Government Agency Develops Blockchain Tech for Elections Voting
A Thailand government agency has developed a blockchain-based solution that’s set to digitalize elections voting in the country.
Sierra Leone: What We Got Wrong
Recent media coverage overstated a blockchain startup’s involvement in the Sierra Leone election. CoinDesk inadvertently contributed to the problem.