Andreu Riera founded #Scytl in 2001. The cryptography expert came up with the idea during the 2000 U.S. presidential election.
Although, Riera died in a car accident 2006, missing out on Scytl’s biggest phase of growth and its sunset. novobrief.com/scytl-pere-val…
But in 2000, during the Florida recount, which decided the election between #Bush and #Gore, Andreu #Riera became an idea, that an electronic vote would have to be more effective than the business of paper ballots and hanging chads.