A Thai government agency has developed a blockchain-based solution that aims to digitize the electoral vote in the country.
According to a relationship Thursday from Bangkok Post, the National Center for Electronics and Information Technology (NECTEC) of Thailand, a unit of the Ministry of Science and Technology, has already completed the development of the voting system based on blockchain and is looking for trial partners.
Chalee Vorakulpipat, head of the NECTEC computer security laboratory, said that in the report:
"Nectec has developed blockchain technology for electronic voting that can be applied to national, provincial or community elections, as well as corporate votes such as the board of directors.The goal is to reduce fraud and maintain integrity some data. "
At this stage, the agency is trying to test the blockchain system on a smaller scale, for example for elections in universities, provinces and communities, and is looking for test partners.
For large scale implementation, such as for general elections, the agency will take longer as "every voter must have a mobile internet connection and identity verification," Vorakulpipat said. in the report.
Several countries have tried to use blockchain technology for more efficient voting processes. Back in November, South Korea announced that it was set up to test a blockchain system in an attempt to improve the reliability and security of online voting.
In August, the municipal government of the Japanese city Tsukuba tested a blockchain-based system that allows residents to cast votes to decide on local development programs.
The US state of Virginia of the West In addition, he plans to implement a blockchain-based mobile voting app in all 55 state counties so that foreign-based military personnel can more easily vote in the 2018 mid-term elections.
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