Oddbean new post about login | logout Today’s political debates tend to revolve around predictable topics that are likely to safely attract votes. The true strength of democracy lies in its ability to embrace and reflect a diversity of opinions and beliefs. MACI and QV provide a voting pathway, and #YakiHonne offers a space for free speech. Read more: A “Congress Speech” on Developing and Adopting New Generation Governance and Voting Technology https://research.dorahacks.io/2024/08/01/congress-speech-dgov/
I’m here today to present the Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure, or MACI for short; a voting system with certain properties that can improve the nation’s democratic process, and is a use case of blockchain technology. I will explain each of the pieces in due time to understand the conclusion I draw, which is that MACI, as a secure, anti-collusion voting platform, promotes, through what is called Quadratic Voting, or QV, the competition between diverse ideas, opinions, and beliefs that is nec