A cryptographically secure, decentralized, and end-to-end verifiable voting system backend for real-world elections.
CryptoBallot is a cryptographically secure, decentralized, and end-to-end verifiable voting system backend designed for real-world elections. It provides vote storage, cryptographic operations, and an API, enabling the creation of secure and scalable voting applications without a built-in user interface. The system uses distributed key-generation, blind-signing, and a re-encryption mixnet to ensure voter anonymity and verifiability.
Election organizers, governments, and organizations needing secure, verifiable, and scalable voting systems for large-scale elections. Developers building custom voting interfaces that require a robust cryptographic backend.
Developers choose CryptoBallot for its strong cryptographic guarantees, end-to-end verifiability, and scalability to billions of voters. Its unique selling point is the combination of distributed trust, voter anonymity via mixnets, and optional blockchain integration for transparent and tamper-resistant election processes.
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Uses distributed key generation and RSA blind-signing, ensuring voter anonymity and trust distribution, as detailed in the README's features and related papers.
Aims for 5,000 votes per second per shard and horizontal scaling to billions of voters, addressing large-scale election needs per the goals section.
Designed for full process verifiability from vote casting to tallying, core to the project's philosophy of transparency and integrity.
Accommodates all tally methods including write-in candidates via the Tallystick library, as mentioned in key features.
Supports Exonum for distributed transaction storage, adding an extra layer of transparency and tamper-resistance, a unique selling point.
The README explicitly warns 'Under active development. Not ready for production use!', making it risky for real-world deployment.
Requires installing multiple system dependencies like RocksDB and libsodium, as shown in the quick start, which can be time-consuming and error-prone.
Key components like Schnorr blind-signing and client libraries are marked as in-progress or not started on the road map, limiting functionality.
Advanced cryptographic techniques like mixnets demand deep knowledge, which may hinder adoption by teams without specialized skills.