Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution
Since its appearance in 2008, blockchain technology has found multiple uses in fields such as banking, supply chain management, and healthcare. One of the most intriguing uses of blockchain is in voting systems, where the technology can overcome the security and transparency concerns that plague tra...
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| author | Bruno Miguel Batista Pereira José Manuel Torres Pedro Miguel Sobral Rui Silva Moreira Christophe Pinto de Almeida Soares Ivo Pereira |
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| description | Since its appearance in 2008, blockchain technology has found multiple uses in fields such as banking, supply chain management, and healthcare. One of the most intriguing uses of blockchain is in voting systems, where the technology can overcome the security and transparency concerns that plague traditional voting systems. This paper provides a thorough examination of the implementation of a blockchain-based voting system. The proposed system employs cryptographic methods to protect voters’ privacy and anonymity while ensuring the verifiability and integrity of election results. Digital signatures, homomorphic encryption (He), zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), and the Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus method underpin the system. A review of the literature on the use of blockchain technology for voting systems supports the analysis and the technical and logistical constraints connected with implementing the suggested system. The study suggests solutions to problems such as managing voter identification and authentication, ensuring accessibility for all voters, and dealing with network latency and scalability. The suggested blockchain-based voting system can provide a safe and transparent platform for casting and counting votes, ensuring election results’ privacy, anonymity, and verifiability. The implementation of blockchain technology can overcome traditional voting systems’ security and transparency shortcomings while also delivering a high level of integrity and traceability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0da2eb7f41434002ad7d86f311b188832023-11-18T09:55:38ZengMDPI AGCryptography2410-387X2023-05-01722710.3390/cryptography7020027Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent SolutionBruno Miguel Batista Pereira0José Manuel Torres1Pedro Miguel Sobral2Rui Silva Moreira3Christophe Pinto de Almeida Soares4Ivo Pereira5Intelligent Sensing and Ubiquitous Systems Group (ISUS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 4249-004 Porto, PortugalIntelligent Sensing and Ubiquitous Systems Group (ISUS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 4249-004 Porto, PortugalIntelligent Sensing and Ubiquitous Systems Group (ISUS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 4249-004 Porto, PortugalIntelligent Sensing and Ubiquitous Systems Group (ISUS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 4249-004 Porto, PortugalIntelligent Sensing and Ubiquitous Systems Group (ISUS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 4249-004 Porto, PortugalIntelligent Sensing and Ubiquitous Systems Group (ISUS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 4249-004 Porto, PortugalSince its appearance in 2008, blockchain technology has found multiple uses in fields such as banking, supply chain management, and healthcare. One of the most intriguing uses of blockchain is in voting systems, where the technology can overcome the security and transparency concerns that plague traditional voting systems. This paper provides a thorough examination of the implementation of a blockchain-based voting system. The proposed system employs cryptographic methods to protect voters’ privacy and anonymity while ensuring the verifiability and integrity of election results. Digital signatures, homomorphic encryption (He), zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), and the Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus method underpin the system. A review of the literature on the use of blockchain technology for voting systems supports the analysis and the technical and logistical constraints connected with implementing the suggested system. The study suggests solutions to problems such as managing voter identification and authentication, ensuring accessibility for all voters, and dealing with network latency and scalability. The suggested blockchain-based voting system can provide a safe and transparent platform for casting and counting votes, ensuring election results’ privacy, anonymity, and verifiability. The implementation of blockchain technology can overcome traditional voting systems’ security and transparency shortcomings while also delivering a high level of integrity and traceability.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/7/2/27blockchainvotinggenetic algorithmelectronic voting |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Miguel Batista Pereira José Manuel Torres Pedro Miguel Sobral Rui Silva Moreira Christophe Pinto de Almeida Soares Ivo Pereira Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution Cryptography blockchain voting genetic algorithm electronic voting |
| title | Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution |
| title_full | Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution |
| title_fullStr | Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution |
| title_short | Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting: A Secure and Transparent Solution |
| title_sort | blockchain based electronic voting a secure and transparent solution |
| topic | blockchain voting genetic algorithm electronic voting |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/7/2/27 |
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