The Spanish company launches an electronic voting platform based on a Blockchain.

At a time when elections are currently taking in Spain, it is necessary to take a critical approach to the voting system and procedure. Well, when you look at it, physically moving around, queuing up, picking up a piece of paper, getting into a cubicle, queuing up again and putting the piece of paper in a box sounds a little archaic. Not to mention the manual counting….

The e-voting alternative has been around for at least three decades since the Internet came into being. Of course, coming as we do from an analog world it is difficult to trust the digital, and rightly so. This does not mean that the “lifelong” system does not involve mistakes (anyone who has been at a polling station can confirm).

The dilemma appears to have been resolved with irruption of distributed ledger technology (Blockchain, DLT or whatever you call it), which seems to be tailor-made for this type of issues. As a matter of fact, there have already been some electoral consultations based on a blockchain system, and recently our colleague Mar Calvo gathered several DLT online voting platforms.

A Platform Based on Hyperledger Fabric;

The news appeared only a few days ago. Gfi is a successful Spanish technology company focused on consulting activities and assistance services and integration of software and technology systems for companies. Among the many solutions offered for various sectors, the electronic voting tool, implemented in cooperation with Oracle Blockchain Cloud (speaking of BaaS….), occupies a special place.

The platform offers several fundamental principles for any type of voting to be considered reliable: the anonymous nature of the participants, the immutability of the results generated and the agility (and economy) of the procedure.

The platform offers several fundamental principles for any type of voting to be considered reliable: the anonymous nature of the participants, the immutability of the results generated and the agility (and economy) of the procedure.This is a secret ballot system that is immutable, fast and cheap, applicable to any electoral consultation or decision making (in the public or private sphere), who can give more?

The technical reliability of the platform seems guaranteed. Despite the good results of the electoral tests and experiments already carried out here and there. It seems like a long way from the day when we will all be able to exercise our right to vote online, through our telephone, for example, in a comfortable, fast and just as effective way as the traditional one. However, the future always comes sooner than we imagine…

Media: blockchainservices.es