Posted on November 30th, 2020
Clip source: On Blockchain Voting
Blockchain voting is a spectacularly dumb idea for a whole bunch of reasons. I have generally quoted Matt Blaze:
Why is blockchain voting a dumb idea? Glad you asked.
For starters:
It doesn’t solve any problems civil elections actually have.It’s basically incompatible with "software independence", considered an essential property. It can make ballot secrecy difficult or impossible.
I’ve also quoted...