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David H's avatar

I look forward to reading your words on blockchain nations. I have not yet learned enough about blockchain to know whether or not it can help to solve a problem in my worldbuilding.

I keep wishing for an un-hackable personal identity. I'd like to be able to verify that my vote in an election was recorded and counted and placed in the correct column. I fear that if it could be done, it would have been invented by now.

There is an old joke about how the National Security Agency measures its computational power: it's measured in acres. The legend is that they can crack any code -- the only question is how many seconds, or milliseconds, it will take.

Maybe I'm not in the right ballpark thinking about blockchain.

There was some hoo-ha a while back about an election being stolen. I had faith in the system, even knowing that I could not verify that my vote had been counted and tallied properly. Imagine how happy we'd be if we could all verify the accuracy of our voting system.

This comment is not intended to foreshadow my contribution to this exercise!

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Elle Griffin's avatar

This year my state decided to caucus in place of our usual primary and it was so upsetting. I wrote my vote on a piece of scrap paper and put it in an ice cream bucket that was being shuffled around by overwhelmed volunteers. I don't know why that is allowed! All of this is to say, I think we could stand to find some better options...

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Charlotte Dune's avatar

I think many people are searching for this, especially as the botapocalypse descends upon us. I saw this yesterday and it might resonate with you too.

https://youtu.be/JrcbH0ge2WE?si=SIAs13-fSxzzXgia

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