For the first time, private voting at scale is now possible fully onchain with @PrivacyEthereum, the team building @zkMACI, and Aragon.
Every onchain vote has been public, forever tied to a wallet.
That’s created problems:
→ Bribery and retaliation
→ Pressure on whales
→ Chilled participation on sensitive decisions
The result? Outcomes skewed toward what’s safe to be seen instead of what’s right to choose.
The new Aragon × MACI plugin makes private ballots possible:
✔️ Encrypted, zk-verified votes
✔️ Receipt-free ballots (no proof of how you voted = no vote buying)
✔️ Censorship-resistant
✔️ Scales to thousands of voters
✔️ Privacy only where you need it, transparency everywhere else
A set of tools and services to optimize resource allocation via incentive alignment to drive value back to your token.
Modernized veLocker
A native token liquidity sink that encourages long-term commitment by requiring users to lock tokens for more governance power:
→ Tokens are locked in escrow to mint veTokens
→ Voting power is a function of lock duration
→ Customize warmups, cooldowns, min locks, exit fees
Gauges
Improve resource allocation by streamlining decision-making and the distribution of emissions and incentives across targeted categories:
→ Predefined categories for allocating capital
→ veToken holders allocate voting power
→ Emission distribution based on gauge weightings
Last week, a coordinated 51% attack was launched on the Aragon DAO.
Arca Capital Management, a U.S. based asset management firm, is leading the effort. Evidence suggests that Arca’s involvement is aimed at extracting value from Aragon for financial profit.
In response, the Aragon Association is repurposing the Aragon DAO as part of a new grants program to fund DAO builders who are launching DAOs, dApps, and plugins on the new Aragon tech stack.