Crypto Porn Startup Says Its New Governance System Is Better than DAOs

PornVisory is moving to a decentralized governance structure based on the DFO standard, which allegedly allows greater user influence than DAOs. Cryptocurrency pornography startup PornVisory is moving to a decentralized governance structure based on the (decentralized flexible organization) ​DFO standard. According to PornVisory, DFO governance will enable token holders to propose changes and vote on governance aspects that will be subject to community voting.

Indian State of Telangana Is Interested in Using Blockchain for E-Voting

The State Government of Telangana may develop a blockchain e-voting platform for state and national-level use. The Southern Indian state of Telangana may soon develop and test a blockchain-based electronic voting system to facilitate remote voting. Speaking at a webinar conducted by the Election Commission of India and Tamil Nadu E-Governance Agency, the Principal Secretary of Information Technology Jayesh Ranjan suggested that the state may initially experiment with blockchain e-voting on a small scale and later widen the implementation. Members of the Election Commission of India, Ministry of Electronics and IT, India’s citizen engagement platform MyGov and blockchain industry leaders were also a part of the webinar. The members of the webinar discussed the possible use of blockchain technology in deploying an e-voting platform for Indian states, reported local news outlet Deccan Chronicle. Ranjan said that the state government may persuade smaller bodies such as civil societies, neighborhoods, and sports associations to conduct internal elections using their blockchain-based e-voting platform.  Depending on the possible use-cases observed through these smaller experiments, they may move ahead and convince other state governments to use the blockchain platform.

India’s Election Commission Proposed Using Blockchain for Remote E-Voting

India’s Election Commission proposed using blockchain technology as a solution for bringing transparency for remote voting in a discussion on addressing geographical voting issues.

Cryptocurrency News From Japan: August 2 - August 8 in Review

Coincheck's CEO expressed optimism toward the company's upcoming shareholder meeting app, GMO Coin announced negative leverage trading fees and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included Coincheck readying its digital shareholder meeting solution, GMO Coin announcing negative leverage trading fees, Decurret testing transactions with a power company, Japanese authorities proposing tax changes, and Japanese finance company FISCO developing apps for shareholder voting and staking.  Check out some of this week’s crypto and blockchain headlines, originally reported by Cointelegraph Japan. Coincheck setting up for digital shareholder service  As Tokyo-based crypto exchange Coincheck readies its new digital meeting avenue, the exchange's co-founder expressed confidence in the project.

Much of Russia’s Blockchain Voter Data Is Now for Sale on the Dark Web

Many Russian citizens now face exploitation on the dark web after their Blockchain voting data was accidentally leaked in early July. Passport data from 1.14 million Russians is now available for sale on underground shops via the dark web.

Cardano’s Project Catalyst: Building a Decentralized Financial System to Remove "Top-Down" Governance

In order to fulfill the final components for Cardano’s Voltaire, including its evolution into a self-sustainable blockchain, IOHK introduced a new experimental treasury system combining proposal and voting procedures — Project Catalyst.

Blockchain Bites: Square’s Revenue Surge, Eth 2’s Final Testnet, c-Lightning’s Latest Update

Square’s Bitcoin revenues increased 600% year-over-year and a blockchain-based voting system in Russia may have been hacked.

Russians in Yaroslavl, Kursk to Use Blockchain Voting in 2021 Election

Citizens in two more Russian regions are set to be granted the right to cast their votes on a blockchain-powered platform when the country goes to the polls in parliamentary elections next year. Per media outlet Open Media, the Central Election Commission of Russia (CEC) has stated that residents of the Kursk and Yaroslavl oblasts will be able to make use of the platform

Polkadot Passes Proposal to Make DOTs ‘More Ergonomic’

Polkadot’s first major voting proposal passed with 86% in favor of multiplying the DOT supply 100-fold. The first token-based vote on the Polkadot network passed in favor of multiplying the DOT supply 100-fold. As announced on Monday, a proposal to give DOTs a “more ergonomic” value was accepted by the community with 86% of the votes cast in favor.

Orion Protocol (ORN) Wins KuCoin Community Vote DeFi Session, Trading and Staking Services To be Opened

Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com. July 22, 2020, KuCoin, an IDG-backed exchange, today announced the result of the KuCoin Choice Community Vote (DeFi Session), Orion Protocol has won the voting and will get listed on KuCoin at 18:00 July 25.

Huobi Japan Opens Voting on Listing 6 New Tokens

Account holders at crypto exchange Huobi have the opportunity to vote this month on which of six new tokens they would like to see listed. Major Japanese exchange Huobi is asking its users to vote before August 16 on which new cryptocurrencies they would like to see listed.  According to an update on the Huobi website posted on July 16, the Japan-based exchange is considering adding Enjin (ENJ), IOS Token (IOST), Neo (NEO), Ontology (ONT), Qtum (QTUM), and Tezos (XTZ).  Huobi account holders started voting on which tokens they want to see listed on the exchange on July 16.

Transparency of Russia’s Blockchain Voting Setup Put Under a Microscope

Russia’s blockchain vote was the largest DLT-powered experiment in the country, but whether it went well or not is another matter. From June 25 to July 1, the Russian government held a public vote with the goal of finding out whether the country’s constitution should be amended.

Polkadot to Run Final DOT Redenomination Vote with Real DOT Tokens

Major blockchain project Polkadot to define the final denomination of its native DOT token with real DOTs. Blockchain interoperability protocol Polkadot is planning to run another vote in regard to the denomination of its native token, DOT. Following a similar vote conducted on Polkadot’s “wild cousin” network, Kusama, in May 2020, the creator of Polkadot project, Web3 Foundation, decided to reconduct the vote on Polkadot with real DOT tokens. Announcing the news on July 13, Polkadot invited community members to participate in the poll, which will finally define whether to redenominate DOTs 1:10, 1:100 or 1:1,000 on Polkadot.

Russia’s Blockchain E-Vote Participants May Have Had Their Private Data Leaked

Russia’s blockchain vote experiences yet another hiccup, as e-constituents' personal data is reportedly exposed.

DLT Voting Would Likely Benefit Democrats: UNSW Professor

Professor Richard Holden thinks exploring distributed ledger technology for voting in US elections could put voter fraud lawsuits to bed. Richard Holden, an economics professor at the University of New South Wales Business School, says using distributed ledger technology could allay Republican concerns over mail-in voter fraud — but would likely benefit the Democratic Party.  Holden spoke at the Unitize conference on July 9 on The Law and Economics of Blockchain.

Russian Government Set to Enable Blockchain Voting for 2021 Elections

Russian officials have indicated that they are happy with the use of blockchain-powered smartphone and PC voting – and intend to expand blockchain-based voting in next year’s parliamentary elections. As previously reported, some 1.14 million Russians voted on a blockchain platform in the country’s recent referendum on constitutional reform at two testbed locations:

A Russian Blockchain Referendum Voter Managed to ‘Spoil Their Ballot’

Russian electoral officials are claiming success in the country’s recent referendum on constitutional reform – which saw the country make use of a blockchain-powered voting platform for the first time on a national scale.

Russia's Blockchain Voting System Let Users Decrypt Results Before Count

According to local reports, the blockchain-based system allowed constituents to decipher their own private votes or let third-parties do so. Russia’s blockchain-based voting system for the constitutional amendments had a vulnerability that reportedly made it possible to decipher votes before the official count.  Constituents could decipher their own private keys  According to research by Russia-language news outlet Meduza, when the constituents casted their vote via a special website, the results would get encrypted by a JavaScript library called TweetNaCl.js.  This is an implementation of the "Networking and Cryptography," or NaCi, cryptography library created by the mathematician Daniel J.

Charles Hoskinson Admits Cardano Incentivized Testnet Voting Process Wasn’t Ideal

With Cardano’s Shelley mainnet on track for rollout on July 29th, 2020, the incentivized testnet (ITN), which ran from November 2019 to June 2020, has served its purpose.

Russia’s E-Voting Blockchain Platform Attacked

Russia’s blockchain e-voting platform for Vladimir Putin’s proposed Constitutional amendments reportedly suffered a node attack last weekend.

Russian Blockchain-powered Voting Platform ‘Withstands Node Attack’

The operators of Russia’s blockchain voting system say their platform successfully repelled a hacking attack in the nation’s referendum on constitutional reform. Blockchain voting is being piloted in the cities of Moscow and Nizhniy Novgorod, and began on June 25.

Hacker Attempts to Disrupt Russia’s Blockchain Voting System

A hacker has attempted to disrupt a blockchain voting system currently being used to help decide constitutional changes in the Russian Federation.

Hackathons Benefit From Blockchain Voting, Rewards and Transparency

TAIKAI has announced that it will use the Telos network to facilitate a secure and auditable voting mechanism to evaluate and reward stakeholders in hackathon events. Hackathon management platform TAIKAI announced June 29 that it would be using Telos network to provide a fully transparent and auditable blockchain voting system, and as a token reward mechanism. Telos is built on EOSIO technology, and TAIKAI had previously been using EOSIO for this functionality.

Russia's Blockchain Based E-Vote System Suffers Node Attack

The Bitfury-powered blockchain for the Russian constitutional amendments was reportedly attacked over the weekend. Russia’s blockchain-based voting system for the constitutional amendments has reportedly been attacked via an election observer’s node.  As reported by state-owned news agency TASS, the attack occurred on June 27 around 8 PM CET.

BitFlyer Holds First Virtual Shareholders Meeting With Blockchain Voting App

BitFlyer Holdings held a general shareholders meeting by using a blockchain voting app which went “without any troubles.” BitFlyer Holdings, which runs one of Japan's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, held its general shareholders meeting Friday and, for the first time, used a blockchain voting app. In the “new normal” where social distancing is required, blockchain technology finds another use case.

Cryptocurrency News From Japan: June 21 - June 27 in Review

SBI announced a crypto investment fund, Bitflyer Holdings used blockchain-based voting for a shareholder meeting, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.

Russia's Blockchain Voting System Malfunctions Soon After Going Live

Russia’s blockchain vote, powered by Bitfury, is off to a shaky start. Russia’s blockchain-based voting system for the Constitutional amendments is off to a rocky start after going live earlier today, according to local media reports.  E-voting, scheduled to take place from June 25 to June 30 for residents of Moscow and Nizhniy Novgorod, is based on the Exonum blockchain platform developed by Bitfury.