Blockchain Revolution

BLOCKCHAIN VOTING
How might voting on the blockchain work? Imagine the board of elections creating
digital “wallets” for each candidate or choice, with approved voters allocated one
token or coin each for each open seat. Citizens vote anonymously through their
personal avatar by sending their “coin” to the wallet of their chosen candidate. The
blockchain records and confirms the transaction. Whoever ends up with the most
coins wins.
Some have tried to solve the problem of trust by using end-to-end auditable
voting systems. Votes are typically made via kiosk, which produces a
cryptographically authenticated paper record of the ballot but allows votes to be
counted electronically.
CommitCoin uses cryptographic proof-of-work systems to prove a message was
sent at a certain date. The inventors, Jeremy Clark and Aleks Essex, say we can use it
to prove the integrity of election data before the event, as a means of “carbon dating
commitments,” providing a baseline to counteract fraud and error.
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