Summary of my research into the Horizon State platform and token (HST)
Horizon State offers a secure digital ballot box that technology provides a hack-free voting experience that is secure and anonymous for voters.
In early 2017, Horizon State tested the technology in for Australia’sMiVotemembership, validating the technology with 4 nationally inclusive polls that committed thousands of votes to the Ethereum public blockchain.
Used for corporate/municipal/NGO/organizational voting as well as political
“We are excited to share this vision with the world. Currently, we are engaged with global NGOs, multinational enterprises, national governments, and city councils. The future of e-voting will incorporate the technology we already have at our fingertips to deliver the opportunity to vote conveniently and securely, perhaps without ever having to leave your home.” - Jamie Skella, Co-Founder
HST token: 29 million circulating supply, 48 million total. Current market cap is under 5 million. ICO price was .089 cents usd. There was a larger supply but it was unsold at ICO and was permanently locked
Presented to UN in New York
Trading started yesterday on Ether Delta, 2 exchanges coming within next 20 days, announcements soon
Partnership announcements with major corporations and cities coming before XMAS
Clients must buy HST tokens to use the Horizon State voting platform which increases value of tokens. Horizon State devs have said they are strongly considering burning used tokens to decrease the supply + appreciate value
Horizon State devs have stated the likelihood that they are going to burn tokens bought by clients, decreasing the supply over time/appreciating value.
"Governmental targets will be big wins for PR, and big wins for commercial success. However, many fruitful results will come from other customer types, such as global NGOs, and multinational enterprise, who will run ‘votes’ and engage their constituencies with far more frequency than current electoral processes. When you have a global NGO that reaches out to a global audience of 5 million members regularly, and then we bring on a few of those, we’re already talking about volumes of platform activity far greater than many countries. That said, we’re already engaged with councils and state governments around the world, as well as political parties and independent politicians. Electoral use is just one narrow use case for this tech - there many kinds of votes." - Dan Crane, co-founder Horizon State
sources:
https://imgur.com/0CbSviz
https://imgur.com/a/nD3xx
https://imgur.com/U2JtNH4
resources:
https://www.smithandcrown.com/sale/horizon-state-ico-blockchain-based-voting-ecosystem/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/australia-the-most-innovative-blockchain-adopter-in_us_59eb5d72e4b092f9f241925b
https://horizonstate.com/
https://medium.com/horizonstate/horizon-state-to-help-build-aragon-voting-modules-b7f748759a23