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Blockchain technology the future of voting?
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:04 am
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:04 am
Seems like a smart person would use this technology for our nation’s most sacred process.
How the frick is a ballot in Florida 6 pages long? We need to get rid of this antiquated system.
With my limited knowledge of blockchain I cant see why each “transaction” couldn’t be a vote. Once a vote is added to the chain it can’t be altered. Votes are added instantly on election night. Machines only accept valid IDs... sorry, that’s not voter suppression it is security.
Anyway, just seems like there should be a better way to do this
How the frick is a ballot in Florida 6 pages long? We need to get rid of this antiquated system.
With my limited knowledge of blockchain I cant see why each “transaction” couldn’t be a vote. Once a vote is added to the chain it can’t be altered. Votes are added instantly on election night. Machines only accept valid IDs... sorry, that’s not voter suppression it is security.
Anyway, just seems like there should be a better way to do this
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Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:11 am to WaWaWeeWa
I've thought that this has possibilities.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:11 am to WaWaWeeWa
I have no idea what you’re talking about, but I like that you sound reasonable and are looking for a technological way to make voting less prone to fraud.
Up vote.
Up vote.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:11 am to WaWaWeeWa
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Blockchain
oh you mean like chain to a block? Like all you white devils did to slaves? SO I'm a slave? You're a filthy racist, and probably a bigot and homophobe too.
Typical white patriarchy with your racial overtones and deliberate gas lighting, trying to suppress votes,you discriminatory a-hole. How dare you disrespect my identity with such a term!!
I'm so angered by your suggestion, I'm going to commit some act of violence against a person or inanimate object, and will be celebrated for it!!
::rabblerabble::
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:14 am to WaWaWeeWa
quote:Well a lot of blockchain tech benefits are no exclusive to blockchain apparently.
Anyway, just seems like there should be a better way to do this
And since the purpose is decentralization, and an uncorrectable record, I don’t see how the government would ever agree to it, and that would be unjustified on their part even those not corrupt.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:15 am to WaWaWeeWa
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Blockchain technology
Why you tryna suppress the minority vote with these fancy big words? Racist.
It does have merit however going forward. Literally any idea at this point should be given consideration as the current method opens up to fraud
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:18 am to WaWaWeeWa
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Blockchain technology the future of voting?
No. If you think we have problems now, implement something like blockchain and grab some popcorn.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:18 am to WaWaWeeWa
No.
Blockchain has a very niche use case. Any blockchain that is not completely decentralized is basically a database. There is no way to completely decentralize a nation's voting. It will always roll up to some centralized authority, as it should.
Blockchain is a buzzword that gets VC funding. 99% of these ideas are terrible.
Blockchain has a very niche use case. Any blockchain that is not completely decentralized is basically a database. There is no way to completely decentralize a nation's voting. It will always roll up to some centralized authority, as it should.
Blockchain is a buzzword that gets VC funding. 99% of these ideas are terrible.
This post was edited on 11/10/18 at 9:43 am
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:19 am to WaWaWeeWa
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Blockchain technology
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that’s not voter suppression it is security.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:20 am to WaWaWeeWa
I agree with you. Actually, there's been working groups (professors at MIT, etc.) working on this issue for years and publishing papers with proposed systems. The problem is how do you implement it and who do you trust? There has to be some sort of trust in any crypto system. It's not the math that gets hacked, but the implementation.
Some anonymous guy created Bitcoin. It's a brilliant system and he is certainly a very talented guy, but he's still anonymous and there's no way to truly verify that he hasn't stuck in some backdoor code that "pwns" the system when he wants.
And, finally, our lawmakers would have to approve it and all of them are lawyers. They would have no clue what is a good system and what isn't. If you want to see the problem with that, just read this paper written by a PhD candidate at Stanford. You going to tell me that an average lawmaker (or citizen) will understand how it works?
LINK
Some anonymous guy created Bitcoin. It's a brilliant system and he is certainly a very talented guy, but he's still anonymous and there's no way to truly verify that he hasn't stuck in some backdoor code that "pwns" the system when he wants.
And, finally, our lawmakers would have to approve it and all of them are lawyers. They would have no clue what is a good system and what isn't. If you want to see the problem with that, just read this paper written by a PhD candidate at Stanford. You going to tell me that an average lawmaker (or citizen) will understand how it works?
LINK
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:24 am to WaWaWeeWa
I don’t know what block chain is but there has to be a technology fix to this mess The only reason to leave this antiquated system in place is to manipulate elections.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 9:30 am to WaWaWeeWa
Using logic and dealing with Democrats is impossible, like your idea though.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 10:03 am to WaWaWeeWa
Voting is one of the best potential uses for blockchain but we are pretty far away from that. There would have to be multiple success cases in other areas before any government would even think about implementing it.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 10:05 am to WaWaWeeWa
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Blockchain technology the future of voting?
the Left doesnt even want IDs, and you think they will want this?
Posted on 11/10/18 at 11:01 am to WaWaWeeWa
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