Coin Voting 2.0 with Hanh - ZconVI
Coin Voting 2.0 introduces a private voting system using Zcash’s Orchard notes and Halo 2, allowing users to prove coin ownership without moving funds. The system integrates with wallets like Ywallet, enabling seamless and private elections, polls, and governance decisions. It operates through four roles: Creators define elections, Hosts manage logistics without accessing votes, Voters participate using their shielded funds, and Auditors verify results after the election.
Hanh’s YouTube Channel: / @hhanh01
Coin Voting Proposal: https://hhanh00.github.io/coin-voting...
Technical Level: Intermediate
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Today’s Subject: Coin Voting Use Cases
01:34 1st Use Case - Governance
02:40 2nd Use Case - Airdrops
03:22 3rd Use Case - Proof of Balance
03:48 Coin Voting in 4 Roles
07:15 Voter Role
16:38 Registration Range
17:47 Delegation
18:20 Privacy
23:58 Election Board Role
29:27 Election Organizer Role
40:40 Voting App
42:50 Election Audit Role
45:39 Q?: Can the voting system be easily implemented in other wallets?
47:08 Q?: Is it or will it be open source?
48:09 Q?: Why is a start height necessary?
49:07 Q?: Would delegation work for exchanges to be able to delegate to the customer that owns the funds?
49:41 Q?: Given that voters need to prepare their funds to cast votes, what are the best practices for doing so in a safe way?
51:16 Q?: Have you considered other end-to-end verifiable election protocols that do not require revealing votes at the end?
52:50 Q?: How can election organizers protect voters from copycat elections put out by adversaries?
54:06 Q?: Do you have a background in governance from another community?
57:36 Closing Statements
Speakers:
Hanh is a software engineer. By training, they are an aerospace engineer but their first job was in derivative research and development. Since then, they worked in databases, operating systems, and embedded devices. Hanh has been involved in crypto since 2013 and in Zcash since 2022. Their latest interests are ZK proofs and LLM.
*This session was curated by the Zcash Grants Committee (ZCG)
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