VIDEO: Blockchain and elections | Jake Yocom-Piatt

Amid election week in the US, it felt topical to look at how technology could potentially impact the process going forward. Today, we vote with a pen and paper in most states. “Coming home to vote” is a well-repeated phrase in my home country of Ireland, where people need to travel back to their various […] The post VIDEO: Blockchain and elections | Jake Yocom-Piatt appeared first on Invezz.

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Greenland Working With Concordium Blockchain, Top Universities to Explore Blockchain-Based Election System in Nation

The government of Greenland is collaborating with Concordium Blockchain and other top universities to explore how to develop a potential blockchain-based online voting system for the country. A Planned Collaboration According to reports, Concordium Blockchain, COBRA, Aarhus University, the Alexandra Institute,…

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Blockchain industry in Canada: Pierre Polievre wants Ottawa to be the ‘capital of the world’

Canadian political news just got interesting with the election of Pierre Polievre as leader of the Conservative party and main opposition to Justin Trudeau’s ruling Liberal government.   Poilievre is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of Parliament since 2004.

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Blockchain Association for Finance Announces New Board

ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Blockchain Association for Finance (BAF) announces the election of three new members to its Board of...

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FC Barcelona Completes Historic Fan Clubs Elections Through Web3 Voting

About 1,160 fan clubs of the FC Barcelona have completed electing 30 representatives to the FCB Advisory Council, which is Barcelona’s governing council. The election was significant for blockchain and web3 techs as it took place on a decentralized blockchain-based web3 digital voting platform, with Barcelona becoming the first-ever club to do so. The move […]

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Boost the Ecological Value: What can aelf’s Node Election Bring to its Participants

With a total of 4,593,284 valid tickets (which equates to more than 4. 5 M ELF tokens/ $2. 34M) locked on the mainnet governance system, aelf blockchain opened its globalized node election on Nov. 18th, 2021.

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aelf invites partners to extend ecological network by publicizing node election

According to the official announcement shared by the aelf blockchain team on Nov. 18th, 2021, its node election procedure has begun. Blockchain heavyweights like 8BTC, bountyblok, and RockX have alrThe post aelf invites partners to extend ecological network by publicizing node election appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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aelf Blockchain Launches Node Election, Shares Details of Staking

aelf invites all block producers to participate in their next round of node elections: details

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Germany’s 2021 election: What do parties think of crypto and blockchain?

Cointelegraph looked into the six major German political parties and found out what to expect from the new government in terms of its crypto regulation.

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Candidate for Kenyan Elections Body Says Adopting Blockchain Will Reduce Ballot Costs by 300%

An aspirant to the post of commissioner with the Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has urged the elections body to consider adopting blockchain technology. According to Justus Abonyo, a former official with the Social Democratic Party of Kenya, doing this will help Kenya reduce the cost of “running an election by up to […]

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An Interview with DeepBrain Chain’s Founding Member, Yong He, On the Project’s Commercialization, Revenue, Mainnet Public Test Phase II and Supernodes Election

DeepBrain Chain (DBC) is a project established at the end of 2017, seeking to build the world’s largest distributed high-performance computing network through blockchain technology. After four years of hard work, DBC is now the first to be commercialized in the field of decentralized computing.

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The Associated Press auctions its first NFT commemorating AP’s historic use of the blockchain for distributing 2020 election data

The Associated Press (AP) has collaborated with Everipedia and renowned digital artist Marko Stanojevic to create an innovative one-of-a-kind NFT artwork commemorating the first US...

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AP Selling NFT Commemorating Election Results Recorded on Blockchain

“The Associated Press calls the 2020 Presidential Election on Blockchain – A View from Outer Space,” is an NFT collaboration between AP, Everipedia, and digital artist Marko Stanojevic. The artwork depicts astronauts in orbit gazing down at the United States.

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Associated Press выставило на аукцион NFT, посвященный выборам в США

Информационное агентство Associated Press (AP) выставило на аукцион невзаимозаменяемый токен (NFT), посвященный внесенным в блокчейн президентским выборам в США 2020 года. The Associated Press is auctioning off their first #NFT artwork on @opensea to commemorate calling the 2020 Presidential Election on the blockchain.

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Romania Uses Blockchain Solution to Monitor National Elections

Romania Electoral body, the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) deployed blockchain technology in its recently concluded election which took place on December 6, 2020. The solution was integrated into the country’s electoral systems and applications used in the parliamentary election as a complementary solution to boost transparency of results.

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Blockchain Voting is Possible: Dispelling Myths & Fears

Part of the motivation for this discussion stems from a clearer picture of the problems that we hope to move away from — namely, voter suppression, low turnout, and slow and costly election infrastructure.

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MIT Research Says Blockchain e-Voting Is Not The Solution to US Presidential Election Issues

The last week has been awash with U. S. Presidential elections with Trump’s team claiming the election was rigged. In light of this, various experts in the blockchain and crypto field have come forward strongly supporting the use of innovative technology in voting and elections in the future.

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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.

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MIT cybersecurity experts do not trust blockchain-based voting systems

“I haven't yet seen a blockchain system that I would trust with a county-fair jellybean count, much less a presidential election.”

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If the US Voted With Blockchain, We’d Already Know the Election Winner

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Crypto prediction market explodes due to the US elections

The US presidential election has been dominating the headlines over the past few weeks, and especially over the last several days. However, while it officially has no direct connection to the crypto or blockchain industry, the industry is still heavily impacted by it.

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AP News is publishing the results of US presidential election on blockchain

The Associated Press news agency initiates to publish the US presidential election results on the Ethereum and EOS blockchains. The developer webpage explains how its AP Elections API can be accessed.

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AP News publishes US election results on blockchain

To date, blockchain technology has found its use in small scale elections in the US, but the Associated Press (AP) news agency's current use of blockchain to publish the US presidential election resulThe post AP News publishes US election results on blockchain appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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AP News publishes US presidential election results on blockchain

Using blockchain-based technologies provides a secure and unhackable record of the state-by-state results as they come in.

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Bitcoin’s Long-Term Evolution & US Election Impact: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock

Powered by Every week, IntoTheBlock brings you on-chain analysis of top news stories in the crypto space. Leveraging blockchain’s publicContinue Reading The post Bitcoin’s Long-Term Evolution & US Election Impact: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock appeared first on CoinMarketCap Blog.

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Ripple Joins Consortium Calling For Calm And Fairness In The U.S. Election

Blockchain payments firm Ripple has joined a consortium comprising of close to 1,000 renowned United States companies and chief executive officers advocating for fair voting during Tuesday’s presidential election.

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Ripple Joins Business Alliance Advocating ‘Safe and Accessible’ US Election

Blockchain payments startup Ripple has joined an alliance comprising of almost 1,000 major U.S. companies and CEOs calling for calm and fairness in Tuesday's presidential election.

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Overstock Touts Voatz Blockchain Voting App as Solution to US Election Fracas

The comments come days before a ballot count marred in uncertainty.

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Blockchain and the Crisis of Democracy

Starting Monday, in the week preceding the US election, we kick off Blockchain Revolution Global (BRG), a week of important conversations globally about inspiring solutions for new models of business, government, democracy and a new global order.

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Everipedia to use Chainlink infrastructure for election night race calls

Everipedia, a market leading blockchain knowledge company has integrated with Chainlink, the largest decentralized oracle network in the world, to build oracle infrastructure to sign...

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AP and Everipedia Team Up to Publish US Election Race Calls on the Blockchain

 The Associated Press (AP), the world’s most trusted news agency, will distribute race calls to Everipedia, a market leading blockchain knowledge company, which will publish them cryptographically on...

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Associated Press to Publish U.S. Election Results on EOS Blockchain

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Immutable Calls: AP Election 2020 Results Will Be Recorded on a Blockchain

The Associated Press’s (AP) 2020 election results will be recorded on Everipedia’s EOS-based blockchain network, a first for the nearly 200-year-old news agency.

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Immutable Calls: AP Election 2020 Results Will Be Recorded on Everipedia’s Blockchain

The Associated Press’s (AP) 2020 election results will be recorded on Everipedia’s EOS-based blockchain network, a first for the nearly 200-year-old news agency.

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Discrete Log Contracts Are Bringing Private, ‘Scriptless’ Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

A smart contract has logged bets for the U.S. election on Bitcoin’s blockchain. When the votes are tallied, we won’t know who won, but that’s the whole point.

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Russia’s New Blockchain Elections Remain Centralized

There will be two blockchain voting pilots for Russia's off-year election next month.

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Amid US Postal Service ‘Crisis’ USPS Files Patent for Blockchain Mail-in Voting Scheme

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is falling apart at the seams and many Americans are blaming the Trump administration. The USPS may have to deal with the U. S. election ballot process, as mail-in votes may be the dominant practice thanks to the coronavirus.

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US Postal Service Files Blockchain Voting Patent Following Trump Cuts

Is it enough to meaningfully resist election fraud?

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India Looking to Tap Blockchain Technology for Remote Voting 

India’s Election Commission (EC) is currently weighing the possibility of integrating distributed ledger technology (DLT) into the nation’s electioneering process to make it possible for residents to vote remotely in a secure manner, reports TheIndianExpress on August 10, 2020.

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India Taps Blockchain Technology for Remote Polling

India is exploring a blockchain-powered voting system for transparent, secure, and inclusive elections. The Election Commission of India (EC) organized a webinar on technology aspects involving remote voting that explored various blockchain use-cases.

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South Korea Unveils Blockchain Strategy to Launch Online Voting and Election System by 2022

During the 16th, 4th Industrial Revolution Committee meeting on June 24, 2020, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Technology announced plans of developing seven distributed ledger technology-based systems including the launch of a voting and election system by 2022 under the “Blockchain Technology Diffusion Strategy.

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Will Blockchain Voting Be Used As A Solution In US Congress During COVID-19 Outbreak?

The United States Congress released a staff memo dated April 30th, which suggests that they are considering the use of a blockchain-based voting system to conduct remote voting for upcoming senate elections as the COVID-19 outbreak has made it impossible to conduct the election in the traditional way.

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In Defense of Blockchain Voting

Recent election tech foul-ups have people scrambling for paper ballots. But they're not really the future of voting, says Intercoin's Greg Magarshak.

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Did Justin Sun Rig Super Rep Election? Two Tron DApps Received Votes From ‘Zion’ Account

The Tron foundation is under pressure from its blockchain community after it came to light that Justin Sun may have voted as a Super Representative (SR) in two apps built on this network. These details were ‘confirmed’ after the Zion address which is linked to the TRX Genesis coins was traced to have been part […]

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India’s Citizens Will Vote With Blockchain, Election Commissioner Says

Indian electoral officials are working on a blockchain-based voting system to increase voter participation

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India’s Election Commission Set to Deploy Blockchain Solution for Increased Voter Turnout

The Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (IIT-C) are working to create a blockchain system for implementing electoral reforms. The move forms part of the growing trend of government-backed distributed technology (DLT) use cases in the country.

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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?

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United States Department of Elections to Study the Viability of Using Blockchain

Hala Ayala, a Democrat in Virginia’s House of Delegates, has requested the Department of Elections to study the use of blockchain technology to improve the reliability of the election process. Ayala is a cybersecurity expert who previously worked for the Department of Homeland Security.

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US State of Virginia Legislature Looks to Blockchain for Elections

Virginia’s state legislature looks to blockchain technology in a bid to protect voter records and election results

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