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"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.
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(Score: 2) by inertnet on Thursday March 15 2018, @06:57PM (2 children)
If I understand blockchains correctly, elections won't be anonymous because everything is traceable. Also I've read that parts of chains can be "burned" or deleted. And possibly be rebuilt again with different contents.
(Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday March 15 2018, @10:20PM
It is anonymous if you do it right in this context. A few things that would differ from an actual bitcoin network, everyone only get to vote once - smart contracts in the BC can enforce this. So you don't get "patterns" or "behaviours" of transactions per person that you can use to deduce location of the person or wallet id since there's only 1 transaction per person.
This wouldn't be an open internet network where anyone on the internet can hook up nodes.
Wallet id allocation should be done appropriately without storing it anywhere since its used only once. Different election, different chain, different wallet IDs for everyone.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday March 16 2018, @05:33AM
A blockchain can be tampered with if a majority of the hashrate cooperates
This is a current concern because 30% of bitcoins hashrate is in the hands of just five individuals
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