The country's electoral authority, Romania Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (ROAP), used blockchain in the first round of the presidential elections held on November 24. ROAP created a dashboard where Romanian voters could join the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) and track election results in real time.
A blockchain-based solution was proposed by the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) as a way to monitor voter turnout and prevent illegal voting. Data collected at polling stations were registered in the blockchain as a transaction that contained both public information and a hash of private data, the confidentiality of which is guaranteed throughout the process.
ROAP noted that the nodes of the EBSI network are hosted in dozens of national and regional authorities, as well as in academic institutions across 27 European Union countries. This provided an additional level of credibility, security, and transparency for the election results.
Previously, the Romanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Tax Code regarding a temporary amnesty for crypto investors. The amendments exempt individuals' income from taxation derived from investments in crypto assets.
