What's a Gleipnir?

"Gleipnir" is the name of the only chain strong enough to hold Fenrir, a giant wolf of Norse mythology. The gleipnir was light and supple, and barely noticeable compared to the chains Fenrir had already broken.

Just like the gleipnir from mythology, our technology is strong enough to hold together massive and crucial matters, and can do its job without even being noticed.

(However, unlike the original gleipnir, our technology isn't made of fish breath.)
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How is Gleipnir Anonymous?

With Gleipnir, you submit your vote using an anonymous paper ballot, just like every other election. Your anonymous vote is encrypted into a secure data structure called a block. No personal information is recorded in the vote block.

How is Gleipnir Transparent?

The right to vote is illusory if you have no confidence your vote is counted, and counted correctly.

Gleipnir gives voters that confidence by publishing the anonymous vote blockchain. Citizens can access the blockchain and independently verify reported vote tallies.

Voters also receive an anonymous receipt showing where their vote is recorded. With the receipts, voters can query the blockchain and have confidence their votes were recorded correctly.

How is Gleipnir Secure?

Gleipnir capitalizes on the security inherent to blockchain, and adds new security features that prevent ballot dumps, record votes faster than fraud can occur, and produce redundant and unalterable records.

What have Experts Said about Blockchain Voting?

Experts have discussed how traditional blockchain technology and digital voting open many avenues for lost anonymity and fraud.

We agree. That's why we made new solutions.

First, paper ballots are the only way to guarantee voter anonymity, since any voting that happens from a digital device can be traced back to the voter. But, citizens have no way to guarantee that their paper ballot is included in final election tallies.

Gleipnir resolves this by collecting votes on paper anonymously, and then recording the votes on a blockchain. There is an impenetrable information break between a person's identity and vote.

Second, traditional blockchains, like Bitcoin, depend on "distributed hashing" where many computers work together to add and store data. But, anyone who controls 51% of a traditional blockchain network can insert fake data.

Instead of this older paradigm, Gleipnir's technology uses centralized hashing and decentralized storage. Only the election authority may modify the blockchain, while a decentralized network stores thousands of backup copies to ensure blockchain integrity.

Does Gleipnir Change the Voting Experience?

No.
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Gleipnir's blockchain algorithms are designed to run in the background of existing voting machines. Voters don't have to do anything differently for our elections to benefit from Gleipnir's vote validation technology. Gleipnir simply provides unparalleled security and transparency to improve voter confidence and election integrity.