The First Blockchain-Backed Presidential Election Just Took Place in Sierra Leone

Date 2018/3/9 18:30:08 | Topic: Bus./Industry

This event marks an important first step towards improving the democratic process in countries historically impacted by fraud and corruption with paper ballots. While still early, the implications of blockchain voting could be transformative to democracies around the world. Blockchain technology improves upon previous digital voting systems by ensuring transparency, safety and voter anonymity. 


From CCN, Mar 9, 2018:

 

On March 7, 2018 the world’s first blockchain-backed presidential vote took place in Sierra Leone. As election suspense heightened, a Swiss blockchain startup, Agora, was working hard behind the scenes to help process and tally the results using blockchain technology.

 

In this particular election, Agora utilized a custom permissioned blockchain technology that it has built over the last two years. According to Monax, permissioned blockchain networks allow the network to appoint a group of participants in the network who are given the express authority to provide the validation of blocks of transactions or to participate in consensus.

 

For Agora and Sierra Leone officials, this meant the secure transfer of information to a verifiable blockchain ledger, where independent node operators including the Red Cross, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the University of Fribourg were able to tally and verify each ballot and the election results. Leo Gammar, the CEO of Agora, told CCN, “I am grateful to Sierra Leone for showing the world how visionary they are in bringing free and transparent elections to their people.”

 

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