"The blockchain method primarily used by those engaging in cryptocurrency transactions is a decentralized mechanism where all the information is stored in blocks, can be viewed and altered by registered users. In the case of Sierra Leone elections, allows the votes to be seen by voters who are registered within the system, in the public ledgers, but only allowed authorized persons to make any changes, this, in turn, prevents the chances of fraud since the voting information is available to all the blockchain users."
I would personally like it if they would explain the mechanics of their so-called "blockchain" to us mortals.
As I understand a blockchain, it is an extensible data structure that (when used in a bitcoin context) incorporates sequentially applied, recursively structured self-referential checksum mechanisms to counter efforts at tampering with the contents of the blocks; usually, via recursive encryption.
~childo
(Score: 3, Interesting) by bob_super on Thursday March 15 2018, @06:02PM (2 children)
And if they use a protocol too similar to Bitcoin's, then any country with more than 100% more processing power than Sierra Leone can decide the result of the elections.
It would actually be interesting (silly/scary/...) to see various countries battle to set the results, until the winner is decided by who is capable of allocating the most resources for the expected return ...
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 15 2018, @08:55PM (1 child)
why in the goddamn hell would other countries be allowed to use the voting block chain solution for sierra leon? obviously client id would have to be part of the system...are you some kind of mooron?
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday March 16 2018, @09:38AM
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