Solving Online Activism's Astroturfing Problem With Bitcoin Tech

"If it works, BitVote could succeed in lending online votes some modicum of credibility. Were it to catch on among a reasonable amount of people—beyond the boundaries of the tight-knit hacktivist/Bitcoiner circles—politicians might have a harder time dismissing votes expressed on the platform as the machinations of a few compulsive clickers or a platoon of bots. “Just think if somebody organized a street protest with the backing of millions of BitVoters,” Bale said. “It would definitely have more legitimacy. It wouldn’t be just ‘some hippies.’”"