Decentralized elections are one step closer to reality thanks to Waves Enterprise

Elections are very important for the functioning of a democratic society, and they are difficult to organize because of their scope, size, and importance. History is full of mistakes when it comes to elections, such as that case with the confusing ballot design creating obscurity in the accuracy of the votes. Keeping things simple and secure…

June 18, 20200Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

Technology

Calls For Bringing Voting To The Blockchain Grow After Iowa Caucus Debacle

Attempts have been made for decades to use technology to improve voting processes. Unfortunately, many of these moves have failed to achieve their goals. The Democratic caucus fiasco, which has occurred due to a faulty app, is the latest example. Blockchain technology may now hold the key to much more secure, and representative elections. A…

February 9, 20200Comments

ByTrevor Smith

Technology

Utah to Facilitate Voting for Disabled Individuals through Blockchains

So far, numerous case studies regarding blockchain’s usability as a voting platform have been carried out by local governments, NGOs and private entities. So far, the results look promising, in the sense that blockchain can easily facilitate secure and transparent voting, thus completely eliminating fraud, while also making the process more seamless. Despite this aspect, blockchain…

November 1, 20190Comments

ByDaniel Dob

News Technology

Blockchain-powered voting will be used in municipal elections in Denver, Colorado

Deployed military staff and overseas citizens will be able to participate in the municipal elections in Denver with the help of a blockchain-powered mobile application in May later this year. The pilot application is a collaboration between the City and County of Denver, Voatz, Tusk Philanthropies, and The National Cybersecurity Center. Voatz has helped…

April 8, 20190Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

Technology

Bithumb to screen new cryptos with the help of its latest voting platform, yay or nay?

Bithumb happens to be the largest exchange in South Korea and in an attempt to make its listing procedure more decentralized, the company has launched Pickthumb. The aim of this new venture is to offer means of voting to the participants and allow them to file their opinion regarding the listing of any new project.…

December 19, 20180Comments

ByAzeem Saifi

News

Curated blockchain and cryptocurrency news – Week 40

CryptoNews brings you another week of curated cryptocurrency and blockchain news for your ease of reading. Every week we publish a list of carefully selected and analyzed stories that are, in our eyes, important to the evolution of the blockchain ecosystem. Not everything makes it on that list, so we encourage our community to share…

October 10, 20180Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

News Technology

Tsukuba Having Problems implementing Blockchain Voting

On September 2nd, Japanese media outlet The Japan Times broke a story about the latest news coming from Tsukuba, a city in the Ibaraki Prefecture. This place is considered to be a scientific center, so it does not come as a surprise to discover that they will utilize blockchain technology. They want to leverage existing governmental structures…

September 10, 20180Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

News Technology

Swiss “Crypto-Valley” Set to Test Blockchain Voting

Residents of the city of Zug in Switzerland will be participating in a blockchain trial voting process [1] set to take place from June 25th to July 1st, 2018. The city, often referred to as "Crypto-Valley", has been a major hub of blockchain technology and will be testing this kind of voting process for the…

June 15, 20180Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski