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The IoTeX community has voted to support IoTeX's Improvement Proposal 15 (IIP-15) for Sharing Gas-Fee with dapps (SGD)

Swiss-based firm, the Aragon Association, has abandoned plans to grant voting rights to its native Aragon (ANT) token holders over various aspects of the organization's operation, including its $200 million treasury.

The Render Network's RNP-002 and RNP-003 have passed the final community vote with an overwhelming majority. The proposals aim to enhance network participation and decentralization.

Arbitrum, in a recent announcement, revealed it was retracting from its proposing vote for governance. This came after the vote received much criticism from the community.

Ren DAO has voted in favor of a proposal that sought to allow the minting of 180 million tokens. The tokens will fund the network’s upgrade to a new version. Ren community governance vote Ren community has voted for minting…

The piloting of Russia’s Federal e-voting system on Waves Enterprise Chain is live ahead of the State Duma election set for Sep 13.  Waves Enterprise and Rostelecom Joining Hands Through a tweet on Sep 11 by Sasha Ivanov, the CEO,…

Political and public consensus voting has a huge potential use case for blockchain technology, ever since the latter’s rise in popularity. Several governments around the world have tested or are testing voting via blockchain systems, with Russia the latest to…

The U.S. Senate has hinted in its April 30 memo that it could tap distributed ledger technology (DLT) for remote voting by its members. This way, Congress will be able to continue conducting its business without predisposing to the COVID-19…

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed that Voatz, a blockchain-based voting app that was used for the 2019 federal and state elections in Utah, West Virginia, and other areas. has major security flaws. As…

Hala Ayala, a Democrat in Virginia’s House of Delegates, has requested the Department of Elections to study the use of blockchain technology to improve the reliability of the election process. Ayala is a cybersecurity expert who previously worked for the…

On July 25, 2019, news broke of Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru receiving a report from Bitange Ndemeo, which recommends blockchain technology to help tackle problems crippling Kenya such as land fraud, corruption, and solve election disputes. Blockchain’s Fine Qualities…

A new model of raising funds for political purposes is being put forth by a company called Peeps Democracy. As reported by MIT Technology Review, July 6, 2019, their new platform We the Peeps wants to let ordinary people raise…

Blockchain technology, the building blocks of bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets proved once more that it is more than just hype by enabling the results of 25 million votes out of 193 million to be obtained within a few hours,…

In a bid to evolve its global fan engagement strategy and expand global audience, West Ham United Football Club, an English Premier League has strategically partnered with Socios.com, a blockchain-based fan engagement platform to officially launch a Fan Token which…

Denver,  Colorado, has announced the implementation of a blockchain-based mobile voting pilot to enable overseas voters, active-duty military, and eligible residents to cast their votes using smartphones, according to a press release on March 7. 2019. Denver Joins the Blockchain…

According to a report from Bangkok Post, published on January 3, 2019, Thailand is contemplating the use of blockchain technology for elections. The voting model would combine traditional voting mechanism and e-voting. Need for Digital Literacy in Thailand Thailand’s National…