I don't get how is this decentralized.
If you were running this on a dApp, on ethereum blockchain for example, it could be decentralized.
But as you are doing, it doesn't look decentralized because you can just remove the entire voting pool from the centralized website or from the centralized App.
A dApp is decentralized because it cannot be stopped. It runs in a world computer, a computer which no one owns. It is an dApp which is owned by no one.
Hi there,
I have plans to shift it to a standalone blockchain in future if we can get past this MVP and get some good response. This will not be 'decentralised' yet in the near future. Sorry for the misleading subject title. I will change it.
In any case, in future, users will be represented by an identity, like bitcoin address. Voting will then be conducted by users via their identity.
At this moment, there are more question marks than answers for the blockchain deployment, and I'm hoping the MVP phase will get us more answers as we move forward.
A few thoughts I have:
- Users should have only 1 identity, but at this moment, a decentralised environment will not effectively ensure that, not even at current MVP stage, unless we start doing KYC for all users, which shouldn't be the case as well.
- Users with multiple identity can game the system, and even if KYC implemented, there is a possibility of users gaming the system as well with multiple accounts, but it will be slightly more difficult.
- Implementing random polls to random users(different set of voters voting on article A, another set voting on article B), so that gaming of the system is minimised.