Follow My Vote Releases Initial Alpha

We are excited to announce that we have released the Initial Alpha for the Follow My Vote stakeweighted blockchain voting software!

The alpha version runs on a blockchain using the open-source Graphene Blockchain Framework.

Features and functionality that can be explored in the alpha release include publishing of contests, casting votes, and tallying contest

results. TLS Encryption using the blockchain as the certificate authority has also been established for client and server communication.

“I am excited to present the alpha of our stake-weighted voting system. Although it is not yet feature complete, this version has the core

components, all utilizing a live Graphene blockchain as the data store and public key infrastructure. This alpha serves not only as a

demonstration of our technology, but also as the foundation for development of our more advanced anonymous, verified identity system

which we will use to run a parallel election to the United States Presidential Election in November.”

– Nathan Hourt, Co-Founder & CTO – Follow My Vote

Stakeweighted Voting Explained

Stakeweighted voting is not like voting in a typical political election. It is based on the idea that not all voters should have an equal

amount of influence over the outcome of an election or contest. A great example is shareholder voting for a corporation. If you own 60%

of a company, you would want to have voting power that corresponds with your level of ownership in the company.

Follow My Vote plans to offer shareholder and proxy voting services around the world. Learn more.

First Application

One of the first real applications for the stakeweighted voting software will be with Follow My Vote MERITs, which are digital

crypto-currency tokens. When Follow My Vote is deciding on features to build into the open-source software, we will run stake-weighted

polls within the voting software to prioritize development based on market demand. These polls will be weighted in MERIT. Therefore,

holders of MERIT will help set the direction of Follow My Vote’s software development.

MERITs proved to be one of the more popular rewards offered during our Kickstarter campaign. We are excited to start getting feedback

from both customers and supporters.