The blockchain technology is increasingly gaining popularity even without the cryptocurrencies on which it is based. Getting close to the end of last year, China acknowledged the technology as a crucial industry for the country’s development. The country’s president Xi Jinping even embraced it publicly.

Over the past two years, several trials have been conducted on blockchain voting. Today, the Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and startups (ACCESS) in Singapore has reportedly announced that they have successfully implemented the first on-premise blockchain voting. This milestone happened during the course of their annual general meeting (AGM).

The chairperson of the association, Anson Zeall mentioned in the statement that the blockchain voting process helps uphold the true values of democratic voting. Zeall said it ensures authentic votes are being legitimately accounted for with a transparent audit trail.

The blockchain voting mechanism was created by ACCESS member JEDTrade. The firm provides Ethereum-based solutions and uses the Metamask wallet to work with the Distributed Ledger Technology.

The new Ethereum-powered voting solution is intended to increase the transparency of the voting process, and also prevent double voting. Voters remained anonymous as well, since the blockchain solution eliminated the connection between them and their votes.