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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.5.394

Anonymous Blockchain Voting Model using the Master Node Network  

Cho, Jae-Han (Department of Computer Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Lee, Lee-Sub (Department of Computer Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Choi, Chang-Hoon (Department of Software, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.5, 2021 , pp. 394-402 More about this Journal
Abstract
Electronic voting systems have been widely used in many countries around the world since the mid-1990s. In recent years, studies have applied blockchain to existing electronic voting systems in order to provide reliability, fairness, and transparency for voters. This approach is highly useful as a technology that promotes decentralized citizen participation. However, the existing electronic voting systems using blockchain have not sufficiently considered anonymity. Lack of anonymity acts as an important constraint in cases of small- and medium-sized voting, which is often required in decentralized citizen participation. In this study, we propose a model that provides anonymity to a voting system using blockchain by applying the concept of the master node in Dash cryptocurrency. First, we define the differences in the requirements of the transfer and voting systems in blockchain. We propose a parallel and autonomous model and algorithm to provide anonymity in the blockchain-that is, a decentralized development environment. In addition, a discussion of security and the environment for the proposed model is described.
Keywords
Blockchain; Electronic Voting; BEV; Decentralized; Master Node; Dark Coin;
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