Introducing CRISP: A Secret Ballot Protocol

1/ Transparency doesn’t guarantee democracy — only visibility. This exposes digital voting and decision-making systems to coercion & manipulation.

CRISP, built with Enclave, offers secret ballots to safeguard privacy and trust.

A protocol for Encrypted Execution Environments

Read the full blog post: https://blog.enclave.gg/crisp-private-voting-secret-ballot-fhe-zkp-mpc/

2/ Why do existing voting systems fall short?

- Pseudonymous Voting: Votes are public, risking bribery & manipulation.
- Commit-Reveal Ballots: Prevent input bias but compromise privacy.
- Trusted Operators: Require trust in intermediaries or hardware.

3/ CRISP leverages #FHE & Encrypted Execution Environments (#E3) to create secret ballots that are:

✅ Private: Votes remain encrypted throughout.
✅ Tamper-Proof: Results are decrypted collaboratively via #DTC/#MPC.
✅ Verifiable: #ZKPs cryptographically audit the process.

5/ The CRISP voting process:

1️⃣ Start a Round: Set parameters like duration & eligibility criteria.
2️⃣ Register Voters: Anonymous keypairs protect identities.
3️⃣ Encrypted Voting: #FHE keeps votes private.
4️⃣ Results: Decentralized decryption ensures tamper-resistant results.

6/ Built-In Protections:

🔒 Censorship Resistance: Voters can bypass intermediaries to prevent blocking.

🛡️ Receipt-Free Voting: Eliminates vote proof, reducing coercion risks.

🔑 Privacy Guarantees: Relayers and fresh addresses ensure anonymity.

7/ Why CRISP?

CRISP safeguards voting privacy while limiting transparency only to results, providing organizations, networks, and entities a critical tool for secure, democratic decision-making.

8/ Start Building with CRISP

💻 Live Demo: Test secret balloting in action: https://crisp.enclave.gg

📖 Documentation: Build secure, privacy-preserving voting systems with CRISP, Enclave & RISC Zero: https://docs.enclave.gg

Read the full blog post: https://blog.enclave.gg/crisp-private-voting-secret-ballot-fhe-zkp-mpc/

4/ How CRISP ensures privacy and security:

E3s: Secure every stage of voting while ensuring only results are decrypted.

Compute Providers: Handle encrypted computations, preserving data privacy.

Ciphernodes: Decentralize decryption for tamper-resistant outcomes.