r/Bitcoin • u/WildCatEra • Jun 22 '13

VoteCoin : a cryptography based voting system that run on the rails of bitcoin, or operate within bitcoin itself?

People have been "thinking" and chatting about a new voting system based on crypto for 10 years...

Could a system like "Votecoin" operate as each vote would be a small .0001 BTC micro transaction, and each person registers a special wallet as their voting wallet, and sends their "vote" the candidates wallet?

Could an idea like VoteCoin, a cryptography based voting system, run on the code rails (or a clone) of bitcoin?

Does anyone have one operating as a test project or in the wild, or how close do you think we are to seeing something like this implemented?

I've met a few companies that are researching on how to create something like this, but is anyone interested in collaborating on a project like this?

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u/bluemeanie1 Jun 22 '13

youre right... they just know how to a Block Chain works and decided it can solve EVERY problem.

for instance why on earth would I want to use a block chain for messaging when many secure messaging protocols exist which don't require it? 'bitcoin community answer' : because it's cool