ZeroKnowledgeVoting

Description

The Problem This Project Solves: This project addresses critical challenges in secure, private, and decentralized voting systems, leveraging zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and blockchain technology to enhance trust, transparency, and privacy in democratic processes. Traditional voting systems, whether online or in-person, often face the following issues: Privacy Concerns: In conventional voting systems, ensuring voter anonymity while maintaining transparency is a significant challenge. Voters need assurance that: - Their vote cannot be linked to their identity. - Their participation remains confidential. - This project uses ZKPs to allow voters to prove eligibility and cast votes without revealing their identity or the specific details of their vote, ensuring complete privacy. Security Risks: Traditional electronic voting systems and centralized online voting platforms are vulnerable to: - Hacking and Manipulation: Centralized systems present single points of failure. - Fake or Invalid Votes: Verifying voter eligibility while preventing fraudulent activities is challenging. The project enhances security by using blockchain to create a tamper-proof and decentralized ledger. Implementing cryptographic methods (ZKPs and Merkle proofs) to validate voter eligibility without exposing sensitive data. High Costs of Proof Verification: -The computational and financial costs of verifying cryptographic proofs, especially in large-scale applications, can be prohibitive. Traditional ZKP systems often require significant resources for validation. This project integrates zkVerify’s efficient Groth16 verifier to minimize the costs associated with proof validation and enable practical and affordable implementation of ZKP-based systems.