Thinking some more about the voting use case, I think there might be value in using a blockchain to send aggregated results “up” in a tamper-proof way, while retaining paper (and the associated paper trail) for the actual voting

Jun 4, 2018 · 9:14 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
For Germany a simple electronic signature based approach should be good enough. Officials of each polling station could send the results signed with their electronic identity card to a central server that proves its identity with an ordinary ssl cert.
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Probably true, yes.
Replying to @stilkov
You mean a properly secured git repository for gathering results? Is there a significant benefit over just a simple, properly secured DB?
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Well. It’s open and less easy to tamper with it.
Replying to @stilkov
Tamper-proof: Depends on the number of hosts associated to your blockchain-network. So maybe not the best approach for a centrally organized election.
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Of course, it all depends wether you base your trust on the centralized authority or on the blockchain’s guarantees. YMMV.
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