Bitcoin Is Finally More Than A Currency: How OpenTimestamps Unlock New Use Cases - Carlos Toriello

Show Notes

Carlos from SimpleProof discusses how his company leverages Bitcoin's blockchain to secure election results through timestamping. He explains their work in Guatemala's 2023 elections and Scriven County, Georgia's implementation during the 2024 US elections. Carlos details how SimpleProof uses OpenTimestamps protocol to create cryptographic proofs that protect digital documents from post-election tampering, making election results verifiable and tamper-evident. The conversation explores how even small counties can implement this technology without extensive IT resources. Carlos on Twitter: https://x.com/realSimpleProof Simple Proof: https://simpleproof.com/ Shoutout to our sponsors: Fold https://foldapp.com/marty Bitkey https://bit.ly/TFTCBitkey20 Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - How Carliño's year has been 6:34 - Explaining with Screven County example 16:15 - Fold & Coinkite 17:53 - The data from Screven county 26:45 - Expanding the use case 29:47 - Unchained 30:48 - Why bitcoin is the best solution 37:44 - A blockchain for enemies 46:38 - Changing history 52:49 - Retiring civil servants 57:31 - Preserving privacy 1:02:54 - Responsibility of preserving data 1:05:54 - Calls to action Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://primal.net/tftc Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/