Vocdoni and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have joined forces to advance secure, anti-coercion, transparent, anonymous, and verifiable digital voting. This partnership leverages decentralized technologies and zero-knowledge cryptographic advancements to redefine trust in digital elections.

Vocdoni is an open-source project that enables any organization worldwide, regardless of size, to afford secure, tamper-proof, anonymous, verifiable, and censorship-resistant voting technology. This technology has been used by hundreds of institutions, including city councils, football clubs, political parties, cooperatives, and organizations in high-risk environments, like the Belarusian opposition’s citizen council elections.

For years, the UPC Computer Architecture Department has contributed to the Vocdoni network by maintaining a node of the Vocdoni voting protocol, reinforcing the network’s decentralization and reputation. Now, we are formalizing this partnership, marking the next step in our relationship. This formalization allows us to streamline our collaboration and accelerate joint initiatives, such as the validation of DAVINCI, the new voting protocol we’re building.

“We believe technology should serve humanity, and decentralized systems with cutting-edge cryptography should solve real-world problems,” said Roger Baig, PhD, professor of Decentralized Systems at UPC. “Supporting open-source projects like Vocdoni aligns with universities’ role in advancing technology for the public good”.

This partnership marks a significant step in trustworthy digital voting. It bridges academia and open-source innovation to ensure secure and accessible democratic processes worldwide.

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