Tecnología blockchain : posibilidad de utilización en los procesos electorales.

Abstract

Nowadays, most of our life is done using electronic devices or electronic media connected to the Internet. This technological transformation has also led us to consider revolutionizing the way in which we exercise our right to suffrage at the time of voting, changing the physical ballots for the digital, such as what is thought to be done with electronic voting that has already been implemented but is not yet fully consolidated by several factors, however since the appearance of blockchain technology a new stage is coming for this transformation from the physical to the digital. This paper analyzes the possibility of using blockchain technology in the electoral processes of our country. A basic and understandable concept of what blockchain technology is is developed and how it relates to the right to vote in democratic countries is made known. It takes into consideration and analyzes the electoral processes that have taken place in Ecuador through electronic voting and proposes, with arguments, the implementation of blockchain technology to improve the security of electronic voting in our country.