This pilot project utilized a blockchain-based platform to confirm the validity of crucial election observation reports on the referendum process by notarizing statements from a civil society watchdog and providing a public mechanism for authenticating the documents. Through this trial of the Democracy Notary platform, the D4D Coalition, the BTA, and Emercoin gained a better understanding of how blockchain technology can be leveraged to verify civil society reports.
“The manipulation of facts is one of the most significant problems our society faces today. Together with our partners, we've developed a proposed solution based on the Emercoin blockchain to protect the integrity of documents which appear during events like the Macedonian Referendum. The prototype utilizes the benefits that decentralized technologies and the Emercoin blockchain in particular offer: high security, transparency, and trust. The prototype is universal and can be used for events that require the publication of sensitive data, the falsification of which may result in distrust of public institutions. We continue to improve and maintain the product, the main components of which will remain open source," said Kostiantyn Bigus, managing partner of Emercoin.
“The problem of disinformation is likely to get worse before it gets better. It is essential that the tech industry and the democracy community collaborate to explore a wide range of potential solutions to counter the challenge of disinformation,” said Chris Doten, Chief Innovation Officer at NDI.
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