Blockchain Voting
Blockchain & Voting
- Data Leaks (Vahan, Aadhar), Privacy Issues (Supreme Court), Caution
- What is Blockchain ?. Where is it being used generally & why (main selling point)?.
- Why is this being considered for elections ? How is this being adapted generally
- Components of elections & voting process and where and how blockchain comes/could come into picture ? + weighed in benefits/losses
- Smart contract is not necessarily a legal contract
- Use cases - Estonia, US 2020,
- Cautions
- Law, DPR, Role of EC, Audits, Accountability, Appeal process, No private players, FOSS
- Permissioned/NonPermissioned
- Telangana - GHMC
Blockchain voting risks undetectable nation-scale failures: MIT researchers - Link to the Paper