As we methodology one totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally completely totally completely completely completely completely completely completely completely totally utterly completely totally completely totally different nationwide election this Monday, I can’t assist nonetheless mirror on the momentum we’ve began as a neighborhood—regardless of the Tokenized Electoral Framework Protocol not being adopted in time.
Referring to the creator: Paul Soliman is the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Hacktiv Colab Inc and Co-Founder, Chairman, and CTO of Bayanichain. In 2023, Soliman outfitted to COMELEC a proposed solution for utilizing blockchain for clear and guarded elections.
At BayaniChain, we proposed a hybrid blockchain voting progress that balances auditability and knowledge privateness by the utilization of each personal and non-private ledgers.
- The thought is easy: whereas the voter expertise stays the equal—ballots, shading, vote counting machines—the backend would transmit immutable data by native to nationwide nodes, validated by third-party observers.
- Every vote, encoded as a singular NFT, would add a layer of transparency and digital safety positively not ahead of seen in our elections.
This protocol is powered by Prismo, our superior blockchain layer utilizing homomorphic encryption to guard delicate voter data.
At present, we examined Prismo’s Partial Homomorphic Encryption (PHE) for an election use case—demonstrating that privacy-preserving computation merely shouldn’t be going to be solely potential nonetheless wished for reliable digital governance. (See Footage Beneath:)
Sadly, implementation lacked the required institutional help.
Nonetheless this doesn’t stage out failure—it indicators the start. And that is nonetheless a win for CryptoPH.
- The reality that blockchain for elections is now being talked about at a nationwide diploma is already an infinite breakthrough.
- We’ve seen authorities curiosity, public consciousness, and most significantly, the unrelenting push from our neighborhood.
- The thought blockchain is simply too refined for older generations is a fantasy. We designed this protocol to be seamless and invisible to the voter—proving that tech can improve notion with out disrupting personalised.
Ensuing from BitPinas for overlaying this initiative and serving to amplify the message that blockchain should not be solely about tokens—it’s about notion, transparency, and transformation.
So whereas this 12 months’s elections will proceed with out blockchain integration, the dialog has begun. And that components. To the builders, believers, and advocates all by the blockchain residence—thanks. Our work continues, and the next election might merely be the one the place notion merely shouldn’t be going to be solely promised nonetheless cryptographically assured.
This Op-Ed is printed on BitPinas: A Missed Opportunity—but a Spark for the Future of Transparent Elections
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