Development Prototype Downloads

Start the server container:

The admin panel is hosted on localhost 127.0.0.1:3221, where you will run a short three-step wizard to configure the system. The admin panel is not directly accessible from external networks for security reasons.

Access the admin panel remotely via SSH port forwarding:

This approach handles secure authentication to the server and is free from PKI network trust assumptions. The admin panel will be accessible at http://127.0.0.1:3221 in your local browser.

1. Complete the setup wizard - The admin panel starts with a setup wizard guiding you to select a cryptographic group, choose a hash function, and generate keys. The server generates the guardian key, which is then encrypted with the provided password.

2. Configure server settings - Set up SMTP for member invitations in the Settings panel and specify the public server address for client connections. This could be a local address, a public IP, or a DNS pointing to the PeaceFounder REST API. Using DNS is recommended for seamless server address upgrades.

3. Register members - Send email invitations with unique tokens for secure member registration. The process involves dispatching unique tokens via email that serve as authentication keys in the format HMAC(body|timestamp, token).

4. Braid voters - Generate braids to boost anonymity. Currently, the system supports only self-braiding, but future updates will enable braiding between different demes to raise the anonymity threshold.

5. Create proposals - Set up voting proposals with opening/closing times, ballots, and anchor to specific braids. The anchor is the index of a braid whose generator and pseudonyms are used for the vote.

6. Monitor voting - Track votes in real-time through the ballot box ledger. Voters receive receipts including timestamps and cast indices as tracking numbers to locate their votes on the bulletin board.

7. Publish evidence with CI pipeline - Publish evidence using continuous integration pipelines to make checking election integrity more accessible.

1. Registration - Voter enters invite into the voting client that registers it securely to the deme.

2. Membership certification - For member authenticity auditing purposes, voter digitally signs a document with a third party identity provider containing their invite and obtained membership index and sends that to the registrar.

3. Vote casting - Once proposals are submitted, voter can retrieve them on the voting client and cast their vote.

4. Vote tracking - After casting the vote, the device shows a pseudonym alias with which you can track your vote. The device keeps a consistency proof chain to ensure that your vote and votes cast by others can't be dropped unnoticed before tallying.

5. Result verification - Once voting phase ends, a tally board with election evidence is published. Voter can select any statically generated bulletin board mirror and find their vote next to their alias, using timestamps to check that they are exclusive users of the pseudonym, eliminating deception while also being informed of buletin board integrity.

6. Fraud detection - If votes get dropped, some of the voters' devices including the voter whose vote was omitted will detect inconsistency in their kept history tree. The proof can be extracted and verified by any party, proving to everyone that the vote has been rigged.