Michael Tass MacDonald
Independent Dënesųłiné Technologist
Treaty 8 Territory (Stony Rapids, SK)
📧 tassalphonse@gmail.com
🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/Abraxas618
📖 Documentation: https://tetracodex.readthedocs.io
📰 Medium Article: https://medium.com/@tassalphonse/reclaiming-the-ballot-how-codex-enables-sovereign-tamper-proof-voting-for-indigenous-nations-ed4cabe7eab7
📜 Codex Treaty 8 Manifesto: A call to action for youth across the North
TetraVote is a zero-knowledge, post-quantum voting framework created to empower Indigenous nations with sovereign, tamper-proof, and transparent elections.
It operates without reliance on cloud services or centralized infrastructure, enabling air-gapped, offline, and containerized deployments.
This prototype was proposed late to SK-NEIHR as a real-world application of Indigenous Data Sovereignty and secure digital governance using zero-trust mathematics. I am not enrolled in any graduate studies but want to contribute to SK-NEIHR Vision of Indigenous Data Sovereignty. I currently have Grade 12 Self-Taught Post-Quantum Cryptography with Zero Knowledge Proof, etc. TetraVote is designed following post-quantum principles — decentralized, air-gapped, identity-blind, and ledger-based — but the current prototype uses classical cryptographic primitives (e.g., SHA-256) and standard credential structures. Future iterations are intended to integrate true post-quantum encryption (Kyber key exchange, lattice signatures) and zero-knowledge SNARK proofs once those libraries are fully modularized for offline First Nations deployments.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
generate_credential.py |
Generates anonymous, ZK-backed voting credentials |
submit_vote.py |
Submits votes using zero-knowledge identity proofs |
audit_votes.py |
Audits election results without linking to voter identity |
TetraChain.json |
Encrypted local ledger file storing vote proofs (auto-generated) |
scripts/deploy_codex_podman.sh |
Deploys voting system as a Podman container for offline use |
- Python 3.7+
- (Optional) Podman for containerized deployment
python3 generate_credential.py [band_id] [personal_secret]python3 submit_vote.py [credential_hash] [vote_choice]python3 audit_votes.py- ✅ Zero-Knowledge Proofs (Groth16/STARK): Cryptographic voter anonymity and uniqueness
- ✅ Post-Quantum Encryption: Resistant to quantum computing attacks
- ✅ Offline Support: Fully air-gappable using USB or local-only deployment
- ✅ Tamper-Proof Ledger: Encrypted vote logs stored in
TetraChain.json - ✅ Transparent Audits: View vote counts without revealing voter identity
Ideal for:
- Chief & Council elections
- Land Code Referendums
- Métis and Urban Indigenous advisory board elections
- Nation-wide sovereignty tech pilots
- Community-focused voting in areas with low infrastructure
Run the entire TetraVote system as a container for secure, isolated deployment:
chmod +x scripts/deploy_codex_podman.sh
./scripts/deploy_codex_podman.shMIT License — Open source and reusable for community, education, or government use.
TetraVote was created in under 30 days as a proof that sovereign cryptography and Indigenous governance can walk side-by-side into the future.
It’s more than code — it’s a ceremony written in mathematics.May our elections be as sacred as our voices.
— Michael Tass MacDonald (Abraxas618)
License: Apache 2.0.
Description: TetraCodex serves as the core foundation for TetraNexus, integrating multiple cryptographic protocols for sovereign, quantum-safe communication. It uses elements of post-quantum cryptography and decentralized networks to provide a secure and resilient infrastructure.
TetraCrypt-PQC-Nexus: License: Apache 2.0.
Description: This project is a post-quantum encryption system based on hyperdimensional Platonic geometry. It includes Tetrahedral Key Exchange, Quantum Dodecahedral Encryption, and Recursive Tesseract Hashing (RTH) for secure communications in quantum environments.
TetraYggdrasil_Nexus: License: MIT.
Description: This component focuses on post-quantum communication, specifically zk-STARK Authentication and WASM-Optimized P2P Mesh Networking using Yggdrasil. It enables decentralized, peer-to-peer communication while ensuring quantum-safe standards.
TetraCrypt_Yggdrasil_Unified: License: MIT.
Description: A unified communication framework built on TetraCrypt-PQC-Nexus and TetraYggdrasil_Nexus, combining zk-STARK authentication and WASM-optimized mesh networking for quantum-safe communications.
TetraNexus: License: Apache 2.0.
Description: The centralized network that combines all the aforementioned components. It provides a sovereign quantum-safe network, using zkSNARKs, Poseidon hashing, recursive tesseract hashing (RTH), and Platonic geometry (QIDL) for secure, decentralized quantum-safe communication.
TetraVote: License: MIT.
Description: A sovereign voting framework built on TetraCodex, TetraCrypt-PQC-Nexus, and TetraNexus. It enables tamper-proof elections for Indigenous nations, ensuring quantum-safe encryption in the democratic process.
How These Projects Connect: TetraCodex is the foundation that integrates the features of TetraCrypt-PQC-Nexus, TetraYggdrasil_Nexus, TetraCrypt_Yggdrasil_Unified, TetraNexus, and TetraVote.
TetraCrypt-PQC-Nexus provides quantum-safe encryption methods, which are used in TetraCodex and TetraNexus.
TetraYggdrasil_Nexus offers the decentralized communication framework, which is integrated into TetraCodex for secure P2P communication.
TetraCrypt_Yggdrasil_Unified brings the mesh networking and quantum-safe authentication that combine with the other components to create a full-stack solution.
TetraVote is a subset of TetraCodex, focusing on sovereign voting systems based on quantum-safe principles and cryptography.
Licensing Clarifications: TetraCodex, TetraNexus, and TetraCrypt-PQC-Nexus are under Apache 2.0, making them compatible for enterprise and commercial use.
TetraYggdrasil_Nexus and TetraCrypt_Yggdrasil_Unified are under MIT, offering flexibility for community-driven projects and open-source contributions.