Blockchain technology has many advantages that make it one of the revolutionary technologies in the current era and make it an attractive one for use, especially in services related to transparency and information security.

Recently, the Russian authorities announced that they are preparing a blockchain-based voting system to decide on controversial changes to the Russian constitution.

Muscovites will be able to vote for – or against – upcoming amendments to the country’s constitution using a blockchain-based system, according to to announce Russian government.

Where she told the Russian government that the blockchain technology would ensure the security and transparency of the voting process, which will take place in a decentralized manner.

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The advertisement stated the following:

Such a network does not have a single server, in order to change the information about the voting process, it is necessary to obtain the consent of most of the participants in the network, so it is almost impossible to hack the blockchain.

According to the same announcement, each voice will be anonymized and encrypted.

There will be two encryption keys, one of which will be kept by each voter while the second will be divided into several parts and stored by the various network participants.

Online voting will take place on June 25-30 on a special website created for this event in accordance with to source.

Users will need to log in with any of their public services accounts and proceed to e-ballots.

The announcement explained this as follows:

Electronic polling is no different from its paper counterpart.

If the voting participant agrees to the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, he will have to put a tick in front of the column entitled “Yes”.

If they oppose the modifications, they need to select the option titled No.

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In addition to Moscow, online voting will take place in the Nizhny Novgorod region, according to Russia’s Central Election Commission.

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President Vladimir Putin announced the amendments to the Russian constitution for the first time in January and it has become one of the most controversial topics in the country since then.

Among the proposals in the revised constitution, which is awaiting approval, is that the amendments would invalidate Putin’s previous terms of office if they came into effect, allowing him to remain in power until at least 2036.

There would be no option to vote on each amendment individually, only for them or against them collectively.

Therefore, many critics have accused the government of creating a “Trojan horse”, and hiding some arguably illegal proposals among the legitimate proposals.

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