"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: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday March 16 2018, @05:28AM (4 children)
Med Stackie. Med's a good guy.
He told me that Sierra Leone is a genuinely good guy
I wrote up a simplified explanation of blockchains:
http://soggywizards.com/plain-english/blockchain/ [soggywizards.com]
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday March 16 2018, @05:29AM
Med told me that Sierra Leone is a genuinely democratic country
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Friday March 16 2018, @10:30AM (2 children)
Forgive me straying from the topic, but is that a JavaScript-free web-page?
And they said it couldn't be done!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday March 16 2018, @06:38PM (1 child)
That my site looks the way it does is because many experts have that kind of design
Bjarne Stroustrup for example
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Monday March 19 2018, @10:55AM
I wasn't being snarky at your choice of minimalism, just noting that it's rare to see a site like that.