top | item 46188440 (no title) ramchip | 2 months ago You're describing a transparency log, which doesn't require a blockchain. discuss order hn newest HaZeust|2 months ago A transparency log, as I understand them, requires a centralized actor; which makes it easier to fudge numbers and introduce false participants. henearkr|2 months ago No, because each participant can check its contribution in the log.Everybody gets a copy of a verifiable hash etc when voting, allowing voters to mathematically check their vote.The kind of knowledge allowing to design such clever algorithms is the real meaning of the word "crypto" (cryptography). load replies (1)
HaZeust|2 months ago A transparency log, as I understand them, requires a centralized actor; which makes it easier to fudge numbers and introduce false participants. henearkr|2 months ago No, because each participant can check its contribution in the log.Everybody gets a copy of a verifiable hash etc when voting, allowing voters to mathematically check their vote.The kind of knowledge allowing to design such clever algorithms is the real meaning of the word "crypto" (cryptography). load replies (1)
henearkr|2 months ago No, because each participant can check its contribution in the log.Everybody gets a copy of a verifiable hash etc when voting, allowing voters to mathematically check their vote.The kind of knowledge allowing to design such clever algorithms is the real meaning of the word "crypto" (cryptography). load replies (1)
HaZeust|2 months ago
henearkr|2 months ago
Everybody gets a copy of a verifiable hash etc when voting, allowing voters to mathematically check their vote.
The kind of knowledge allowing to design such clever algorithms is the real meaning of the word "crypto" (cryptography).