Introducing Referenda: zk-based voting infrastructure for real-world governance

Technical Discussion
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Problem
Current voting systems lack verifiability, privacy, and scalability for real-world institutions.

Solution
Referenda introduces a voting architecture where all votes are aggregated into a single zk-SNARK proof, verified on-chain. This enables:

  • Private voting

  • Public verifiability

  • Extremely low cost per election

Why Arbitrum
Arbitrum’s low fees and scalability make it ideal for high-participation governance processes.

Use cases

  • Municipal voting

  • Universities

  • Organizations

Status
We have ongoing institutional conversations and are looking to deploy a pilot.

Ask
We’d love feedback from the community and explore potential alignment with Arbitrum.

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I’ve been developing Aegis-ZK, which specifically simulates Stealth Smart Contract interactions. My logic focuses on verifying the integrity of the state transition without needing to ‘see’ the underlying private transaction data. This is a perfect audit layer for Referenda, as it provides the ‘Public Verifiability’ you mentioned while maintaining the absolute privacy of the individual voter.