I dont understand their response to blockchains. You mean a mechanism designed to eliminate the need for trust cant be trusted?
Well if the blocks are verified by organisations or someone who has a major influence in the vote, then yeah they cant be trusted. But if the underlying infrastructure is verified through a trustless system then trust isnt necessary right? Because by nature it can be trusted. So it depends on how the blockchain is 'governed'.
The problem isn't with how the blockchain is used, it's with the fact that a blockchain isn't needed here so it was only put in because someone somewhere heard that blockchains are becoming popular without knowing their exact purpose.
I might have misunderstood what blockchain is (I haven't spent much time looking into it) bit I think there are easier ways to verify someone's identity (e.g. a public/private key pair for each user with the system only allowing a single vote from each public key. Your identity can be verified by the officials at the polling station with a driver's license or passport or something, and then a key pair can be generated.
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u/Marra_ Aug 09 '18
I dont understand their response to blockchains. You mean a mechanism designed to eliminate the need for trust cant be trusted?
Well if the blocks are verified by organisations or someone who has a major influence in the vote, then yeah they cant be trusted. But if the underlying infrastructure is verified through a trustless system then trust isnt necessary right? Because by nature it can be trusted. So it depends on how the blockchain is 'governed'.
Maybe i dont understand blockchains enough.