A start-up company based in Melbourne Horizon State is trying to use blockchain technology, which is widely known in buying and selling bitcoin, to be used to help elections in Indonesia.

"If we use the blochchain to vote, just like with bitcoin transactions, then that vote cannot be changed anymore. So there is a trustworthy process against a system that is not controlled by one party, one organization, be it a government or an individual." said Jamie Skella, of the company Horizon State, which designed the platform to help make elections more transparent