Voting

Governance

Experimental Voting Effort Aims to Break Ethereum Governance Gridlock

Vitalik Buterin has suggested experimenting with quadratic voting, a governance model furthered by Dr. Glen Weyl, on the ethereum platform.

Tech  ·  23 May 2018
News

Santander Conducts Proxy Voting Blockchain Pilot at AGM

Banco Santander has completed a blockchain pilot that it says improves the process of proxy voting during annual general meetings.

Business  ·  18 May 2018
Mobile Apps

Sumatra to Pilot Blockchain App for ‘Decentralised Decision-Making’

Australian startup Horizon State is launching a blockchain app pilot in Sumatra that could eventually allow citizens to vote in elections.

Markets  ·  9 May 2018
Governance

Why Ethereum Can’t Tell What Its Users Want

In the wake of new growth, developers working on the world's second-largest blockchain are struggling to determine how best to gauge user sentiment.

Tech  ·  1 May 2018
Elections

First Results of Sierra Leone’s Blockchain Vote Are In

The early returns of the first ever presidential election tracked on a blockchain are in, but some problems not even distributed ledgers can solve.

Business  ·  10 March 2018
Voting

Sierra Leone Secretly Holds First Blockchain-Audited Presidential Vote

Sierra Leone has allowed blockchain tech in a presidential election for what appears to be the first time, marking a milestone in election technology.

Markets  ·  8 March 2018
Ethereum

Russia Is Leading the Push for Blockchain Democracy

Russia may not be known as a defender of democracy, but the capital city of Moscow is using an ethereum-based voting platform to change that.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 February 2018
Russia

Moscow Government Open-Sources Blockchain Voting Tool

The government of Moscow is pushing ahead with plans to test blockchain for use in its municipal elections.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 December 2017
Tokens

Nuco Builds Tokenized Blockchain ‘Bridge’ for Enterprise Applications

Nuco, a startup founded by a group of former Deloitte employees, has released a new white paper detailing its latest blockchain initiative.

Tech  ·  17 July 2017
Voting

The World’s Largest CSDs Are Forming a New Blockchain Consortium

Some of the world's most influential central securities depositories are uniting to build their own blockchain consortium.

Business  ·  5 June 2017
Distributed Ledger Technology

Russia’s Largest Exchange is Using Blockchain to Lure Global Investors

Moscow Exchange Group is working on a blockchain solution using Hyperledger Fabric that it hopes will increase trust from the international community.

Business  ·  19 May 2017
Accenture

TMX Selects Hyperledger For Blockchain Voting Prototype

A new blockchain voting prototype built by the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange has been constructed using code from the Hyperledger project.

Tech  ·  7 April 2017
Ethereum

With Ethereum ‘Ice Age’ Incoming, Momentum Builds for Miner Pay Cut

A vote currently taking place on ethereum's mining rewards system has motivated a big response from the community.

Markets  ·  28 March 2017
Identity

4 Ways Blockchain Can Disrupt Civic Traditions

Infosys's Peter Loop examines four potential opportunities in which blockchain could improve public processes.

Markets  ·  17 March 2017
Blockchain

Local Government in South Korea Taps Blockchain for Community Vote

A South Korean provincial government recently tapped technology developed by blockchain startup Blocko for a vote on community funding.

Tech  ·  7 March 2017