As we method one other nationwide election this Monday, I can’t assist however replicate on the momentum we’ve began as a neighborhood—regardless of the Tokenized Electoral Framework Protocol not being adopted in time.
In regards to the writer: Paul Soliman is the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Hacktiv Colab Inc and Co-Founder, Chairman, and CTO of Bayanichain. In 2023, Soliman introduced to COMELEC a proposed solution for utilizing blockchain for clear and safe elections.
At BayaniChain, we proposed a hybrid blockchain voting structure that balances auditability and information privateness via using each private and non-private ledgers.
- The idea is straightforward: whereas the voter expertise stays the identical—ballots, shading, vote counting machines—the backend would transmit immutable information via native to nationwide nodes, validated by third-party observers.
- Every vote, encoded as a novel NFT, would add a layer of transparency and digital safety by no means earlier than seen in our elections.
This protocol is powered by Prismo, our superior blockchain layer utilizing homomorphic encryption to guard delicate voter information.
Just lately, we examined Prismo’s Partial Homomorphic Encryption (PHE) for an election use case—demonstrating that privacy-preserving computation shouldn’t be solely possible however vital for reliable digital governance. (See Images Under:)
Sadly, implementation lacked the mandatory institutional assist.
However this doesn’t imply failure—it alerts the start. And that is nonetheless a win for CryptoPH.
- The truth that blockchain for elections is now being mentioned at a nationwide stage is already a significant breakthrough.
- We’ve seen authorities curiosity, public consciousness, and most significantly, the unrelenting push from our neighborhood.
- The concept blockchain is simply too complicated for older generations is a delusion. We designed this protocol to be seamless and invisible to the voter—proving that tech can improve belief with out disrupting custom.
Thanks to BitPinas for masking this initiative and serving to amplify the message that blockchain is not only about tokens—it’s about belief, transparency, and transformation.
So whereas this yr’s elections will proceed with out blockchain integration, the dialog has begun. And that issues. To the builders, believers, and advocates within the blockchain house—thanks. Our work continues, and the following election would possibly simply be the one the place belief shouldn’t be solely promised however cryptographically assured.
This Op-Ed is printed on BitPinas: A Missed Opportunity—but a Spark for the Future of Transparent Elections
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