Ring Signature-Based Voting on Blockchain

Abstract

Amid ongoing digitalization, the use case of electronic voting has naturally arisen, with attempts beginning as early as 2000. Blockchain technology has the potential to bring trust and built-in auditing tools to such systems. This paper presents a prototype of the system for collective voting. It is based on blockchain and linkable ring signatures to ensure the transfer of closed (secret) data without the loss of reliability and with respect for the privacy of group members.