Service: Monitoring exit poll results

Responsible organisation: Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTSIOM) (Central-Government)

A Russian polling research center used Blockchain to monitor exit poll results for its 2018 presidential elections. Russia’s Public Opinion Research Center (VTSIOM) partnered with local startup 2chain, which reportedly specializes in smart technology and ICO marketing consulting. The move marked one of the world’s first implementations of Blockchain in official voting. Together, VTSIOM and 2chain created a Blockchain database of information gathered from the polls, allowing the organization to circumvent DDoS attacks and other common malicious threats, especially on polling day itself.

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Source Open Innovation Regione Lombardia
Web site https://www.bioinvestments.it/russia-blockchain-will-be-used-to-protect-2018-presidential-exit-poll-data/
Start/end date 2018 -
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