2/4 That split matters. Casting is a choice. Looking shouldn’t require an @aztecnetwork account. If a poll is sealed and still open, the board stays blank on purpose. When it’s live (and not sealed),…

The quiet room Live tallies are honest. They’re also noisy. Sometimes the first hundred votes shape the next thousand — not because people changed their minds, but because nobody wants to look alone.…

Aztec, Noir, and the open guts HappyVote only makes sense because @aztecnetwork lets private and public state live in the same app — hide the voter, still publish a tally people can verify. We’re a…

2/4 The contract is written in / @NoirLang — the language for proving things without dumping every secret on the chain. You can read what we actually shipped:

Aztec, Noir, and the open guts HappyVote only makes sense because @aztecnetwork lets private and public state live in the same app — hide the voter, still publish a tally people can verify. We’re a…

2/4 The contract is written in / @NoirLang — the language for proving things without dumping every secret on the chain. You can read it like a diary of what we actually shipped:

3/4 Then politics — not as HappyVote’s main job. We’re not a government ballot box. But if this ever reached a wide audience, parallel political polls could become something else: a second opinion. A…

3/4 What we’re chasing: private-by-default ballots, tallies anyone can check, and the option to vote openly when you want to be seen. Not magic anonymity. Not a government ballot box. A small portal…

Why bother Most onchain votes are loud in the worst way: your address and your opinion travel together forever. HappyVote on @aztecnetwork started from a simpler wish — say something that counts…

2/ Why the Noir contract matters: • Private by default — your Aztec address is hidden via nullifiers (SingleUseClaim) • Tallies stay on-chain — live, or sealed until the poll closes • Open vote is…