Vote from Your Phone: Decentralizing Decisions for the Betterment of Democracy

Massive population growth makes individual participation difficult to manage and has become dangerously close to discouraged at times. Blockchain has the potential to rapidly reverse this anti-democratic trend and pave a better way forward.

Ancient democracies are, in some ways, more true to the individual empowerment ideals that the form of government is originally modeled upon. Massive population growth makes individual participation difficult to manage and has become dangerously close to discouraged at times. Blockchain has the potential to rapidly reverse this anti-democratic trend and pave a better way forward.Screen Shot 2017-11-07 at 7.33.14 AM.png

In many governments, and organizations, representative democracies create a buffer between decisions that directly impact the population and the people whom they affect. Boulé intends to bring the power back to the people and provide a secure voting platform, leveraging innovations in the blockchain.

Boulé is a decentralized voting platform built on the blockchain to retain accuracy through unique identities. Named after a Greek system of representation – an advisory group of people selected, or appointed, in ancient times who helped local authorities make decisions for their communities – fitting in its ancient understanding of democratic ideals, i.e. participation of the population.

“We are living a second age of the internet and we are able to create any kind of application using [the consensus] of the blockchain, which will encourage more people to take action.” ~Claudio Perlini, CEO of Boulé

Screen Shot 2017-11-07 at 7.36.07 AMAs participation is crucial to a healthy democracy, this technology has the ability to facilitate involvement through incredible convenience. Imagine avoiding the polls completely and voting from your mobile phone. Imagine being able to participate in decisions from Presidential elections down to whether your road will be paved and how much of your tax money will be allocated to it.

Secure and accurate voting is essential to this process. Moreover making it easy for the individual to put in their opinion on a rolling basis with unparalleled convenience will completely transform large-scale decision making. Not only decentralizing the ways democratic decisions are made, but decentralizing the way the decisions are collected. Truly creating a new way forward for governments and organizations around the world.

Moving closer to the participatory democratic ideals of the past with innovative approaches in the digital space will likely change the way elections and decisions are made. Whether a single-voter system for governmental decisions or fractional, percentage-based systems for companies, decentralized voting gives the power back to the people. Be a part of the change and voice your opinion through the blockchain!

Ross Ruffing, lead writer @ Crypto 101