Share this article
South Korea Eyes More Reliable E-Voting With December Blockchain Trial
South Korea's National Election Commission says it is building a blockchain-based voting platform to be trialed in December.
Updated Sep 13, 2021, 8:37 a.m. Published Nov 28, 2018, 2:10 p.m.
South Korea is set to test a blockchain system next month in an effort to improve the reliability and security of online voting.
The National Election Commission (NEC) announced the news Wednesday, saying it will begin the pilot in December with development assistance from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters
The NEC’s existing online voting system, K-voting, has reportedly has been used by 5.64 million people, but there are concerns over its vulnerability to hacking and voter fraud.
The proposed blockchain system is expected to increase security and transparency, the NEC said, adding that the outcome of votes would be more “credible” with blockchain, as it is “almost impossible" to manipulate results, while candidates and election observers would have direct access to voting data.
The pilot will help the commission create a “foundation" for future online voting systems, it said, and could ultimately be integrated with K-voting if the trial is successful.
Specifically, the trial will see the blockchain system being used for online surveys by Seoul National University's Blockchain Society and the Korea Internet & Security Agency, a subsidiary of the science ministry.
The NEC is also looking to explore Big Data and internet of things technology for its voting system going forward.
Harnessing blockchain's transparency and immutability for voting systems has been a growing use case for the tech for some time.
Among various projects launched in recent months, Japan’s Tsukuba city government tested a blockchain-based system that lets residents cast votes to decide on local development programs in September.
The U.S. state of West Virginia rolled out a blockchain-based mobile voting app in August, allowing military personnel stationed abroad to more easily cast ballots in the midterm elections.
Voting box image via Shutterstock
More For You
What to know:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
More For You
DOT Sinks 2% After Breaking Key Support
The Polkadot token erased earlier gains amid elevated volume, falling from a high of $2.09 to $1.97.
What to know:
- DOT collapsed through ascending trendline support around the $2.05 level on a massive 284% volume surge.
- The token broke decisively below the support level to trade 2% lower over the last 24 hours.
Top Stories
