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“Bitcoin is insurance against politicians.” ~#[3]

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Only if there were some way to prove votes on a globally accountable layer 2 with verifiable credentials… Even if we can’t stop the VC Sybils, giving people proof that their vote hasn’t been changed seems powerful. Privacy-preserving votes with ZKPs is also possible..

I wonder… 💭 how much the results would differ from the official polls. 🗳️ If there were too many Sybils, the global vote count would rise above the population of America — so there’s a cap on the number of Sybils enemies could spin-up if all Americans actually voted.

The more Americans that vote and account their vote in this optional system, the harder it would be to perform a Sybil attack on the voting system.

Interesting thoughts on this Sunday evening. 🐝

Colby Serpa 2y ago

Although, proof that a Sybil attack occurred doesn’t allow everyone to sniff-out/filter-out the fake votes… that’s the trouble.

You’d need to identify that valid votes and share them somehow, perhaps each city having a few hubs that broadcast votes if the humans are actually present. Max number of votes per city hub, based on city population. This way an attacker would need to occupy most hubs across the country to make a large dent, and could no longer change votes even if they do.

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Colby Serpa 2y ago

If they omit your vote, the citizen could see it wasn’t broadcasted by the hub with the ZKP. If the city hub omits the votes of too many citizens from X party or Y party, then city might riot — there would be local revolt. This may limit the scope of abuse.

Things to consider in the future…

Colby Serpa 2y ago

I doubt cities would actually riot but they could at least prove tampering occurred.

Even if this spitballed idea above doesn’t work, maybe something like it will one-day.