{"id":76888,"date":"2018-03-13T06:42:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T13:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-worlds-first-blockchain-powered-elections-just-happened-in-sierra-leone"},"modified":"2018-03-13T06:42:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T13:42:46","slug":"the-worlds-first-blockchain-powered-elections-just-happened-in-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-worlds-first-blockchain-powered-elections-just-happened-in-sierra-leone","title":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s first blockchain-powered elections just happened in Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Mar. 7, elections in Sierra Leone marked a global landmark: the world\u2019s first ever blockchain-powered presidential elections.<\/p>\n

As president Ernest Bai Koroma leaves office after serving two five-year terms, the maximum allowed constitutionally, Sierra Leoneans have had to pick from a pool of 16 candidates including the ruling party\u2019s Samura Kamara, the erstwhile foreign minister, and Julius Maada Bio, former military head of state and candidate of the main opposition party.<\/p>\n

Results released by Sierra Leone\u2019s election commission (NEC) suggest a run-off between Bio and Kamara is likely with neither candidate securing<\/a> the required 55% of votes<\/a> so far. Sierra Leone\u2019s new president will be tasked with a continued rebuilding given the country\u2019s recent major disasters. In 2014, an Ebola outbreak led to nearly 4,000 deaths and GDP losses estimated at $1.4 billion<\/a>\u2014<\/em>a major loss for one of the world\u2019s poorest countries. Last year Sierra Leone\u2019s capital also suffered devastating flooding and mudslides believed to have claimed more than 1,000 lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On Mar. 7, elections in Sierra Leone marked a global landmark: the world\u2019s first ever blockchain-powered presidential elections. As president Ernest Bai Koroma leaves office after serving two five-year terms, the maximum allowed constitutionally, Sierra Leoneans have had to pick from a pool of 16 candidates including the ruling party\u2019s Samura Kamara, the erstwhile foreign [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1318,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-bitcoin","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}