World Governments are soon to usher in the mass adoption of blockchain technologies. There are many different reasons to believe this but I want to focus on one example.
For the case of this argument I am going to let the use case be blockchain based voting systems. As we already trust the technology that verifies cryptocurrency transactions I thought it would be a similar situation with vote verification.
What does blockchain offer voters? When the use case for cryptocurrency has been the financial freedom from third parties(fiat banks) the same could be said of the voting aspect. With corrupt political parties vying to suppress democracy this could be the evolution of society that decentralizes the power structure of government.
The first use case I could find was actually in Africa back in 2018(https://qz.com/africa/1227050/sierra-leone-elections-powered-by-blockchain/) but there have been very recent reports from last week of the USPS filing for a patent of a blockchain based voting system(https://www.forbes.com/sites/vipinbharathan/2020/09/20/us-postal-service-files-a-patent-for--voting-system-combining-mail-and-a-blockchain/#78d21d403336).
The 2018 use case was either suppressed or had bad keyword SEO as I wasn't able to find it until I searched by continental region. This isnt the first time the US has dabbled in blockchain based voting systems though. Last year West Virginians accepted votes from abroad using a blockchain based voting system(https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/west-virginia-blockchain-voting-voatz.html). Our ally South Korea is reportedly also using a system of blockchain based voting to resolve housing issues(https://coinjournal.net/news/south-korea-to-deploy-blockchain-voting-in-apartments/). Even Russia pushes the envelop in progressive efforts with a newly launched open source blockchain voting platform that will revolutionize the world(https://www.coindesk.com/russia-blockchain-voting-waves)!
As you can see there are many use cases for blockchain based voting systems being utilized by world governments. As we race towards mass adoption do you feel as if those around you are prepared for the revolution of decentralization? Let me know what you think in the comments below!
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