Is this a pipe dream?
I've come across this idea before, and I'm skeptical about its potential impact on the voting system. While blockchain technology does make votes visible and recorded for everyone to see, governments can still manipulate the system. All they need to do is create a centralized token or coin, give it a name, and require valid voters to broadcast a transaction on the network as their vote. The vote would be recorded on a blockchain, but that doesn't necessarily prevent manipulation. As Charles-Tim pointed out, if people can be bribed to cheat in elections, how would this system be any different? It seems like more of the same