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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday March 15 2018, @04:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the blockchain-architecture dept.

"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."

URL: https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Sierra-Leone-Announces-Run-Off-Elections-Becomes-First-Country-With-Blockchain-Powered-Elections-20180314-0013.html

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


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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday March 16 2018, @09:45AM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Friday March 16 2018, @09:45AM (#653474) Homepage
    Ugh. Computerphile is terrible. That vid is no better than the rest. Worst, he'd only need to change a few key words in order to go from totally wrong to spot on. (e.g. "different" to "unrelated".)

    Just like numberphile - never let a physicist try to teach correct maths. To them, mathematics is a tool, and most of them work entirely with nails, so ust use maths as a hammer.
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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday March 16 2018, @09:49AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Friday March 16 2018, @09:49AM (#653478) Homepage
    > ... he'd only need to change a few key words ...

    Ugh, no, he gets worse. Just don't watch this vid, it's terrible.
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