Bitcoin network used to secure local GOP convention election results

Sufficiently decentralized blockchain networks can help preserve sensitive data in a tamper-proof way and ensure election integrity.

The Bitcoin network was used to secure and store the results of the Williamson County, Tennessee Republican Party Convention’s March 4 election to determine the leadership and board of the local GOP chapter.

According to Simple Proof, the software platform used to record the election results to the immutable blockchain ledger, the data was successfully stored on block number 886,370 at 11:15:30 UTC.

According to the onchain data, Steve Hickey was elected chairman of the local convention, Tim Raynaud won the vote to become treasurer, and Leigh Ann Cates was elected as secretary of the organization.

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