A few weeks ago the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko held primaries to select its candidate for the Moscow mayoral election. The party staged two rounds of debates between 21 candidates. The winners of each round were chosen via the Polys online voting platform, marking the first use of blockchain…

What are smart contracts and how do they work? In this article, we give a straightforward description and look at the implementation of smart contracts using the Ethereum blockchain as an example. The smart contract concept in lay terms The term ‘smartcontract’ has come to mean a type of code that executes on a blockchain platform in…

The recent blockchain-based presidential election in Sierra Leone is a new milestone in online voting. The election took place in the most populous Western District of Sierra Leone, where upwards of 400,000 votes were manually recorded into a blockchain. …

Do androids dream of blockchain? The traditional system of voting has been polished and refined by years of practice. In case of state or municipal elections voters arrive to the polling station, while in case of professional or other structures they attend board meetings for voting. So what are the downsides of this system? In…

Political scientists from Harvard and Melbourne University warn that democracy is in a state of deep decline. Even in the richest and most politically stable regions, confidence in democratic institutions is rapidly decreasing, especially among young people. For a long time, liberal democracy was considered the only correct form of…

More and more government organizations are now considering online elections as a potential tool for improving the democratic process, increasing voter turnout and cutting costs. A couple of weeks ago, the European Parliament tested the blockchain-based Polys voting platform at an e-voting event. In an age where digital progress has…

The future comes much faster than we realize. The Internet, mobile phones, emails, GPS navigators, social networks, online shops — all these things are so organically inscribed in our life. And yet, they only appeared in the last couple of decades or so. What will be next? Maybe totally secure…

You remember our recent material about the basic principles of blockchain, don’t you? If this is the first time you are reading about the subject and you want some basic knowledge about it, we advise you to close this gap by referring to it. Today we shall concern ourselves with…

Whenever I discuss the blockchain technology, I usually begin my narrative with Bitcoin. The reason for that is quite simple: everybody is familiar with the term Bitcoin to some degree or other. GReAT experts have told the team all there is to know about this famous crypto currency, and some…