Trustless, Censorship-Resilient and Scalable Votings in the Permission-based Blockchain Model

Sebastian Gajek; Marco Lewandowsky

Paper 2019/617

Trustless, Censorship-Resilient and Scalable Votings in the Permission-based Blockchain Model

Sebastian Gajek and Marco Lewandowsky

Abstract

Voting systems are the tool of choice when it comes to settle an agreement of different opinions. We propose a solution for a trustless, censorship-resilient and scalable electronic voting platform. By leveraging the blockchain together with the functional encryption paradigm, we fully decentralize the system and reduce the risks that a voting provider, like a corrupt government, does censor or manipulate the outcome.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Applications
Publication info: Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords: DAO voting functional encryption blockchain Hyperledger
Contact author(s): marco lewandowsky @ hs-flensburg de
sebastian gajek @ hs-flensburg de
History: 2019-06-03: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2019/617
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2019/617,
      author = {Sebastian Gajek and Marco Lewandowsky},
      title = {Trustless, Censorship-Resilient and Scalable Votings in the Permission-based Blockchain Model},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2019/617},
      year = {2019},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/617}
}