The VCIOM at the election of the president of Russia-2018 will pass an exit poll using blockchain technologies

The All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (ARPORC) intends to use blockchain technology elements when holding poll at the exit (exit poll) at the election of the president of the Russian Federation on March 18, 2018.

This project will become one of the first-ever examples of use of distributed system of data storage within the electoral researches. The project assumes data storage, received in a survey result at the exit from polling precincts, in special a blockchain storage. It will not allow to make any external changes to data, will reduce efficiency of the hacker attacks, will provide transparency of process of collecting and aggregation of data. In case of success the project will form the basis of the Digital VCIOM program developed in the Center and planned to implementation in 2018-2021.

The CEO Valery Fyodorov notes VCIOM: "The exit poll on a blockchain is the project very important in every sense. Important for our center, for the research industry, for elections in Russia. Still at exit polls we had to close actually the website in the election day that it was not brought down by the DDOS-attacks and other attempts of cracking from numerous anonymous hackers. Thanks to a blockchain we repeatedly increase security of our data from cyber attacks, we close vulnerabilities at information transfer, we ensure safety and the invariance of the collected data. Poll on a blockchain has no implemented examples in the world yet: separate attempts to try are made in Estonia and Ireland. We have a real chance on March 18 to show to the world, how exactly it can be done".

The partner the VCIOM in project implementation will become the 2chain agency specializing in consultations in the field of smart technologies and ICO marketing.