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As media outlets waited to announce a winner until the Saturday following the U.S. presidential election, calls for how blockchains would have made this process easier emerged, most prominently ...

Claims that "voting on the blockchain" would increase election security have been found wanting and even dubbed "misleading" by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In their ...

Computer scientist Ronald Rivest has said that blockchain is not the right technology for voting, although it can find proper application in a number of other areas. Rivest delivered his opinion at ...

After pioneering the use of blockchain-based voting platform Voatz in 2018, West Virginia has abandoned the app in favor of paper and traditional online voting. On Feb. 27, West Virginia decided ...

Voatz disputes the findings, saying server-side protections would stop the attack Voatz disputes the findings, saying server-side protections would stop the attack New research from a team of MIT ...

On Friday, the House of Representatives will hold a virtual hearing titled, “Exploring the Feasibility and Security of Technology To Conduct Remote Voting In The House.” Unlike the discussion for how ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 5, 2021 — Imagine a team of autonomous drones equipped with advanced sensing equipment, searching for smoke as they fly high above the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once they spot a ...