Global 2020 United States Presidential Election Poll.
Vote with btc, eth, dai, or any other shit coin you might have!
Dump your shitty airdrops and help develop open voting data and methods!
Uses address values to signal global support for a candidate and the global importance of the overall United States Presidential Elections. Address values before, during, and after Tuesday November 3, 2020 should correlate with various stages of support, a winner/loser, and the global reach of the election and this poll. Might provide more insight if paired with data from other sources, because this is the first election cycle and test of vote.via.eth there will be no past polls to compare it to. Please Provide feedback if nothing else. Global participation welcomed.
vote.via.eth | vote2020.via.eth
https://etherscan.io/address/vote.via.ethInternational voters should use ether of the addresses above to signal that the election is important without making a candidate selection.
https://etherscan.io/address/NoConfidence2020.via.ethVoters should use this address to signal distrust in the United States Government and its voting process.
https://etherscan.io/address/Trump2020.via.ethhttps://etherscan.io/address/Biden2020.via.ethhttps://etherscan.io/address/Sanders2020.via.ethhttps://etherscan.io/address/Warren2020.via.ethhttps://etherscan.io/address/Bloomberg2020.via.ethVoters should use one of these to signal support for a specific candidate. If a candidate drops out from the race that address is treated like "vote.via.eth" signalling the election is important.
=== Cost of Participation ===
You forfeit whatever value you choose to send (btc, eth, dai, or any other shit coin), make sure its an amount you are comfortable forfeiting/donating/losing. Obviously this poll/vote will not be used to pick the next President of the United States.
=== Benefits of Participation ===
1. A public and verifiable vote, proof that it effected the outcome of this poll.
2. Reasonable belief that the participates in this poll made an honest choice in their selection with full knowledge of its costs. One rich guy can skew the polls but forfeiture of the underlying value is what keeps the poll as honest as possible. Are you really willing to forfeit X amount to show support for Y candidate? Both lying and telling the truth have the same outcome, you lose your value. Its in everyone best interest to tell the truth.
3. A free (beer&speech) pseudo-anonymous data set, hosted on the blockchain, with the following associated keywords {internet, voting, ethereum, bitcoin, value}
4. A test case in blockchain voting/polling.
=== Questions ===
Q. Why Honest/Costly Signalling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theoryA. Because a vote has value.
Q. How can I vote using BTC?
A. Each address has an associated Multi:Coin BTC address viewable using
https://ens.domains or
https://myetherwallet.comQ. What will happen to the value I voted with?
A. If you have to ask, vote with a smaller value or a shittier coin.
Q. Voting with money is a terrible idea
A. Voting with money is a terrible idea agreed, some of us have it some don't. voting with some random token (shitcoin) or any value amount you're indifferent about isn't.
Q. It should be 1 vote per person which is in no one way controlled or verifiable here.
A. Sending 1shitcoin is the same as sending .5shitcoin twice, but more expensive.
Q. There's no enforcement of any modern voting mechanisms like rank choice voting.
A. It measure support by using Honest/Costly Signalling. Both lying and telling the truth have the same outcome, you lose your value. Its in everyone best interest to tell the truth.
Q. Definitely seems like you are just trying to get people to send you crypto.
A. I'm trying to get people to vote in a open, reliable, and verifiable way (It uses ens to make it easy to vote, anyone with a mobile wallet can). It states upfront vote with [Eth, Btc, or any other Shitcoin] and upon voting you forfeit the value. I won't get into the mechanisms used but i can guarantee that after voting you will not have that value so vote honestly and only send an amount you wont notice.
