Ep18: Fighting Back Against Election Fraud with Bitcoin

Carlos from SimpleProof.com explains how the 2023 Guatemalan election used Bitcoin to timestamp results and prevent accusations of fraud. Governments can use Bitcoin’s immutable ledger to timestamp election results and prove that they haven’t been tampered with.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

03:00 - Overview of Guatemala's Voting System

04:50 - Proof of Work in Paper-based Voting

06:00 - Timestamping Election Results

07:08 - The 2019 Election Issues in Guatemala

08:20 - Open Timestamps Protocol

09:00 - Timestamping in 2023 Election

10:00 - How Timestamping Works

11:00 - Verifying Election Documents

16:00 - Comparison of Timestamp Data from Bitcoin

24:00 - Addressing Accusations of Election Fraud

27:00 - The Role of Bitcoin in Protecting Election Integrity

29:00 - Future Plans and Expanding the Use of Timestamping

33:00 - Challenges of Using Bitcoin for Public Registries

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