Aragon ZK Research and Aztec Partner to Build Private Voting for DAOs

Aragon ZK Research (AZKR) and Aztec are proposing to build private voting for Nouns DAO; learn how to launch your DAO on the Aragon App; DAO Global Hackathon registration open

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• The Aragon ZK Research guild is partnering with Aztec, creators of the Noir language, to build private voting for Nouns DAO. Their proposal is live in the NounsDAO Prop House until March 23.

• Over 100 DAOs have launched on the Aragon App and claimed their ENS subdomains! Check out this guide and this video walking you through how to launch your DAO on the Aragon App.

• Registration for the DAO Global Hackathon is live. Join us for a four-week virtual event starting April 7. Register here.

Aragon ZK Research guild and Aztec join forces to bring private voting to Nouns DAO

Aragon ZK Research and Aztec, creators of the Noir language, are joining forces to bring private voting to Nouns DAO and the web3 ecosystem as a whole.

They put up a proposal for the Private Voting Research Sprint, which is live for voting until March 23. The top three proposals that also receive 300 votes will be funded to build their implementations. You can check the status of voting and the number of votes each project has here.

Here’s an excerpt from the proposal:

“Utilizing zero-knowledge (ZK) for privacy has been challenging until recently due to the computational intensity of generating zero knowledge proofs (ZKP). Now, with the emergence of domain-specific languages like Noir, which leverages advancement in ZK technologies like UltraPlonk, we are now able to offer a one-step voting process for NounsDAO NFT holders with minimal off-chain dependencies.

We would be excited to introduce this cutting edge voting process to the Nouns DAO. We are confident that our approach ensures voter privacy and tally fairness by making it impossible to link a voter with their voting choice and prohibiting the tallying of results before the end of the voting period. Our voting process also prioritizes user experience while still maintaining privacy.

To best serve the needs and preferences of NounsDAO, we propose an incremental approach that operates in three distinct phases. This approach limits the risk of any single phase and allows for future extensions and optimizations. In three months' time, we will be building the best solution the industry can provide, taking into account the tradeoffs and unique needs of NounsDAO.

In summary, this proposal almost completely fulfills all the requirements of the call. The only exception is native multisig support, which can be added at a later stage.”

Check back on March 23 to see if their proposal was selected! And if you hold a Noun, make sure to participate in the vote.

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

The @aragon_zk team is excited to partner with Aztec to advance private voting research and use-cases for Nouns and the web3 ecosystem at large🗳️ The intersection of voting and privacy is important to us, and we are committed to bringing this open source technology to the world!

Aztec @aztecnetwork

Aztec and @AragonProject are proud to co-author a proposal to enable @nounsdao holders to vote in on-chain governance privately. Private DAO voting has long been a holy grail. Our @NoirLang implementation is a massive step toward achieving it for the Nouns community: ↓ https://t.co/jbgvS8ijxw

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Proposals

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ELI5 DAO stands for Explain It Like I’m Five years old. Their organization reviews tools created for decentralized organizations and explains them in an easy-to-understand manner. They do this by taking a deep dive into the tools in three-month periods called epochs. After an epoch they write detailed reviews of the tools, create two videos, a TLDR, and put it together in a report to share with the development team.

Network Highlights

Learn how to launch a DAO on the Aragon App! We created a written guide and a video to help you get started:

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Over 100 DAOs have launched and claimed their @ensdomains since mainnet launch last week! 🎉 Here's a quick walk through of how to launch your DAO on the Aragon App: aragon.org/how-to-guides/…

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Registration is open for the DAO Global Hackathon

The DAO Global Hackathon is an exciting 4-week virtual event where hackers will leverage cutting-edge governance primitives and existing tools to enable the next generation of DAOs. Running from April 10 to May 7, the Hackathon will bring together hackers, builders, and DAO operators to create solutions that DAOs will use in the real world.

For this year's hackathon, we will be leveraging the “legos thesis” that enabled DeFi and applying it to DAOs. Developers will find novel use cases for existing tools and create integrations that haven’t yet been explored. Through 4 hack tracks, both builders and partners can choose the theme that works for them.

Register at the button below to join us in this exciting event!

We welcomed Kleros as a partner in the DAO Global Hackathon:

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We are thrilled to join the @AragonProject's DAO Global Hackathon! 💪

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Welcome @Kleros_io, a decentralized arbitration service for the disputes of the new economy! 🧑‍⚖️ https://t.co/vfhKGw9u0h

We wrapped up an exciting EthDenver. Stay tuned to hear what was built on our stack during BUIDL Week!

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That’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who built on OSx for #BUIDLWeek, attended our workshop and talks, and stopped by the booth to meet the team and hear about the new stack. Now, the real fun begins on app.Aragon.org and devs.Aragon.org! See you onchain 🦅

Events

betahaus Blockchain Day hosted by Aragon—29 March, 14:00 - 21:00 Innospace, 1st Floor, betahaus Kreuzberg

Members of the Aragon ZK Research guild, as well as Jordi Moraleda from the product team, will be presenting on anonymous voting in DAOs, the Noir language, and the new Aragon OSx protocol. RSVP here.

DAO Global Hackathon—Virtual, 10 April to 7 May.

Register here.

CTAs

• Check out the Aragon x Aztec private voting proposal in the Nouns Prop House.

• Watch the video or read the guide on how to launch a DAO on Aragon App.

• Register to participate in the DAO Global Hackathon.

Have a great weekend!

—Aragon Growth Guild