Prior Publisher
The Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (ADFSL)
Abstract
Cryptocurrency, and its underlying technologies, has been gaining popularity for transaction management beyond financial transactions. Transaction information is maintained in the block-chain, which can be used to audit the integrity of the transaction. The focus on this paper is the potential availability of block-chain technology of other transactional uses. Block-chain is one of the most stable open ledgers that preserves transaction information, and is difficult to forge. Since the information stored in block-chain is not related to personally identify information, it has the characteristics of anonymity. Also, the block-chain allows for transparent transaction verification since all information in the block-chain is open to the public. These characteristics are the same as the requirements for a voting system. That is, strong robustness, anonymity, and transparency. In this paper, we propose an electronic voting system as an application of block-chain, and describe block-chain based voting at a national level through examples.
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Recommended Citation
Lee, Kibin; James, Joshua I.; Ejeta, Tekachew G.; and Kim, Hyoung J.
(2016)
"Electronic Voting Service Using Block-Chain,"
Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 11
, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1383
Available at:
https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol11/iss2/8
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