How The Technology Behind Bitcoin Can Save Our Elections

Julian Gottlieb, Salon: Politics
Sun, 07/23/2017 - 6:00am

(Credit: AP/Mark Lennihan) You can be forgiven for thinking of Bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency, as the realm of thieves, Wall Street bankers and libertarian techies who’ve drunk too much Soylent. Despite recently intensified media interest, trading Bitcoin is not a particularly accessible hobby to folks outside the finance or tech worlds. So it’s healthy to be skeptical about Bitcoin’s promise, beyond its utility as a speculative investment or a means of laundering money or buying black market drugs. All that could change as the technology matures.

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