Bitcoin Global News (BGN)
August 08, 2018 -- ADVFN Crypto NewsWire -- There just might be
Blockchain voting in the near future in Ukraine. The catch is that
it seems that this version of the future depends on one man, at
this point.
According to a report on the
subject by Coin Desk, Oleksandr
Stelmakh, who is a member of Ukraine’s Central Election Commission,
has been pushing a pilot of the NEM Blockchain, in connection with
live elections.
Stelmakh’s main argument for the
Blockchain’s usage in connection with whatever legacy systems are
now in place is that the nature of the technology prevents any
changes being made after information has already been added to
it.
Apparently, as of now, the pilot
has begun and is ongoing in the country, but Stelmakh and those
involved have already seemingly concluded that the cost of putting
one Blockchain terminal in each election center in the country is
worth it.
More specifically, Stelmakh was
quoted as saying that this cost should equal about $1,227, not
including any sort of maintenance related to the terminals
involved.
In the end, at the same time as
Stelmakh seemed to be strongly in support of the Blockchain for
voting based on the cost of installation, he apparently also made
sure to point out that all related tests of the technology are
still in their early stages.
Even so, if Stelmakh has enough
clout with his colleagues as well as with his superiors, we just
might see one of the first real active uses of the Blockchain in
elections, as compared to hoaxes like what recently came out of
Sierra Leone.
If the cards do fall Stelmakh’s
way, then people will actively, en-masse begin to see just how
useful the Blockchain can be to combat something like corruption in
elections, through the simple fact that all data entered on
it is immutable.
By: BGN Editorial Staff
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