Dear Barry, On 16/09/2016 05:09, bzs@theworld.com wrote:
In essence one sends anyone qualified (e.g., properly registered) to vote one zero-value bitcoin (doesn't have to be bitcoin, but analogous) which they must return ("spend") with their vote submission.
Yes there are details with devils, I could list a few, but that's the gist of the idea and it's fairly simple in concept. Papers have been written on the use of blockchain for voting systems, just google "blockchain voting system".
You touch on a interesting topic which several of us had a discussion about in late July at the European Summer School on Internet Governance. Those who knew about blockchain technology enlightened those of us who did not (me included) and the conversation yielded several interesting avenue for study including the one your mention above. Kindest regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html