Quote from: mu_enrico on October 13, 2018, 07:23:28 PM

If what you mean by "childish" is having imaginations then yes, voting on a blockchain is childish. I saw how ETH smart contracts enabling "carbon vote" and realized how cool it was.

It doesn't matter how cool or if it is possible.
You vote also using WOW accounts and it would be cool, the problem is that it means another system to be put up in place when we already have an existent one. Id cards with cryptographic signatures have been out for a decade, why add a blockchain, a token, another wallet when the solution is there, working and tested in a national election?

Quote from: mu_enrico on October 13, 2018, 07:23:28 PM

It is not weird though, I reckon Obama also worried about the "Swiss offshore account in your pocket."

No idea what that has to do with the discussion so I'll pass

Quote from: mu_enrico on October 13, 2018, 07:23:28 PM

I know about accounting, it has to be audited. The way the government detects corporation's fishy behavior is by sniffing corporation's, shareholders', and officers' bank account. Without access to the actual balance/accounts, tax enforcement would be difficult.

I live in eastern Europe, and we're seriously lagging behind compared to the western part but even here, it takes two clicks to check on a company, or a person to see where he is hired and how much he makes and what taxes he has paid. And...no blockchain, simple databases.

Quote from: mu_enrico on October 13, 2018, 07:23:28 PM

Maybe you just need more imagination lol. It is silly for now, but I won't dismiss the possibility of these things to be true just because it seems impossible for now, even if the odds are so small.

Exactly what I asked you...
How do you see this tax evasion going on? How are you going to hide your income, your property, your ...everything?

The government has to change one law, increase the penalty for tax evasion to 20-30 years in prison.
Look at how Americans are paying their taxes although they despise them from the core of their heart, imagine increasing the punishment ten folds, who do you think it will take those risks? Even hardcore bitcoins here are paying their taxes, look at how many discussions we have on this in the legal board and on many others.

So, how do you envision this tax evasion going on?