Abstract
Blockchain Technology is one of the computing technologies touted to likely bring about disruption in ways people conduct their transactions. By design, blockchains are decentralized, peer to peer, distributed consensus, and have anonymity property thus eliminating the need for a central Authority. Blockchain has been widely used in crypto currencies, with other uses lip frogging at slower paces. This paper explores the various uses cases that have been advanced for blockchain highlighting the shortcomings of the listed cases. The paper expounds more on usage of blockchain in electoral processes, analyzing existing voting use cases and identifying the shortcomings of the listed blockchain voting use cases. A more elaborate voting use case is conceptualized with clear description on how to generate Digital Votes, linked to a NONCE and previous Digital Votes. The process of vote validation is explained with the main component of the blockchain voting being highlighted as the Smart Contract.
Highlights
Blockchain Technology is one of the computing technologies touted to likely bring about disruption in ways people conduct their transactions
According to [7] while blockchain technology is commonly considered potentially disruptive in various regards, there is a lack of understanding where and how
A compromise of a higher level node, like the administrator node means the entire system can be compromised. It is on these listed shortcomings that this paper proposes a conceptual architecture that uses blockchain peer to peer consensus decision making in voting process and vote validation
Summary
The value of advances in computing power and computing technologies is realized when the computing power and technologies are integrated in the various facets of human life. After a technology is proven to be commercially viable, various use cases are developed to help spur its integration and application in various tasks. One such new technology is the blockchain technology. Other definitions of blockchain are: a series of hashed timestamps, each cryptographically linked to the previous, using a hash digest [2]; and, a distributed database of records, or public ledger of all transactions or digital events that have been executed and shared among participating parties [3]. To speed up the integration of blockchain in various human tasks, development of handy use cases is very critical. Use cases are key as they are a powerful technique for capturing and communicating functional requirements for software development [8]
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