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Chat_104 - Immutable Democracy with Carlino

July 10, 2024

"You eliminate 99% of the attack surface to a single moment in time, which is the beginning. And when you do that, would-be attackers are forced to take risks and make mistakes. You know, when someone is planning on doing election fraud, this doesn't mean that it's impossible for them to do it. But it narrows the window so much that they are likely going to mess up. And when they mess up, you catch them." ~ Carlino

When people usually talk about alternative bitcoin "utility" they often mean NFTs, trash tokens, and "jpegs on the blockchain." But what if there really is another utility, one that doesn't suffer the damaging externalities and is closer to the core of what the timechain really is? Could Bitcoin protect the integrity of national elections? Diving into groundbreaking case study from Guatemala, we explore this idea with Carlino. Can this revolutionary approach be applied globally to ensure transparent and tamper-proof democratic processes?

Links to check out 

  • Documentary "Immutable Democracy": Watch a 15-minute film on how Bitcoin was used to secure Guatemala's elections - Fiscal Digital. (Link: https://fiscaldigital.net/english)
  • Simple Proof (Link: https://simpleproof.com)
  • Digital Witness (Link: https://fiscaldigital.net/english)

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