I have studied many of the existing attempts. Every time, they lack the p2p network and rely on some centrally controlled infrastructure. This might work for

I have studied many of the existing attempts. Every time, they lack the p2p network and rely on some centrally controlled infrastructure. This might work for smaller countries, but it does not work in adversarial environments with larger countries. A core tenant to everything I build is that it can all be audited and verified by absolutely anyone. An individual is capable of establishing if all votes are legitimate, according to their own criteria if desired, and measure the error rate / fraud rate according to said criteria. Anyone will be able to do this from their home system. My intention is to optimize performance so much, that anyone can do it even on 1 billion+ votes. The system is p2p, trustless, decentralized in moderation, decentralized in identity management, and enables anonymous voting with anonymous identities with verifiable claims. This means it is possible to have, say, a globally trusted identity provider certify that a public person is unique, real, and only registered a single time. They can then form an anonymous identity with that same claim being transferred to the anon identity, allowing anonymous voting with a claim absent binding to a physical presence. No existing system allows this. This is the main problem I have already solved. The implications of such a capability are far reaching. Imagine peer reviewing research with academics who have verifiable claims saying they have a PhD in X field, and being able to, in a decentralized way, have an anonymous identity with that credential. This enables research publication and review absent any central authorities, while being able to have confidence that the people reviewing are qualified. For social media, imagine having people with verified credentials anonymously commenting and being able to speak their mind without any technological way to identify their physical presence, but knowing they are qualified to speak on a specific topic set. This is the fundamental mechanism upon which many, many more capabilities are provided. And it is functional and verified. But it is useless without a planet-scale high-performance decentralized p2p application network. If we lived in the society I am dreaming of, I could work openly and be forward with specifics. Unfortunately, I have no social network to speak of and am not connected. I have no protection and my irrelevance as an unknown individual is the only thing that protects me. I can talk about this system abstractly without much fear (and if I have something to fear for useless words, then I’d rather not exist here on this planet anyway), but the moment it is shown to be technologically capable and I am shown to be competent, all protection is lost. I cannot shatter that protection until it is ready, unless I encounter a verifiable benevolent person that can protect the work (Buddhist monks have been the closest I’ve found to that).